Statelessness and the Burden of Proof

Normie: “It’s not possible to live without govt”

Voluntarist: “Here are dozens of examples of stateless societies, many lasting hundreds of years”

Normie: “Life without government would be worse”

Voluntarist: “No stateless society has done nukes or genocide”

Normie: “It’s not possible to live without govt”

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Normie: “You must prove that government is bad”

Voluntarist: “Why is the burden of proof on me to prove that an institution that has murdered more than 100 million people in the last century alone is bad?”

Normie: “Because Hobbes said we couldn’t live without it”

Voluntarist: “But we have lived without it”

Normie: “Because its good”