Quote from: Elwar on March 28, 2014, 05:47:55 AM

In WWII Germany those under the foot of the Nazi government would probably consider themselves libertarians (anti-government) even if they favored taxes, regulations and other government policies.

But as the government becomes worse, we all become libertarian in some way or another.

Yup, anytime a society grants to a special group of people a monopoly on the use of violent power, the psychopaths among the wider population will inevitably be drawn to become a part of that elite power wielding group. As the proportion of psychopaths within this elite group increases, the more deranged and destructive the actions of that group become, and fewer good, well intentioned people will remain in it.

This dynamic is inherently self-reinforcing, inevitable, and unstable. Over the course of time proven in history, it always results in the deaths of thousands and millions of innocent people. Which usually means the destruction of the host society.

Government has become an incredibly foolish scheme in which we grant all the money, all the guns, all the power, AND a monopoly on violent force to a relatively small group of demonstrably fallible human beings.

Our only choice is to never ever grant such power to any group of people.

Before we can progress to a brighter, more prosperous future, humanity must learn to finally and irrevocably turn its back on this destructive fantasy that psychopathic power-crazed control freaks with all the money, guns, and power, will ever be a solution to anything.

With the advancement of technology, communication, and a P2P, decentralized, global, open source, proof of ownership system in Bitcoin, I think we are getting closer to such a realization.