Voluntaryism v Small Government Debate at Wyoming Liberty Fest 2010

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There is no law that currently prevents a crazy person from possesing a million dollars in cash, yet it never happens. Nukes are far more valuble, far more expensive and as such far harder to optain than a million in cash. Nobody who has gone to the trouble to build and or purchase a nuke would be so flipent as to simply allow it to fall into some random crazy persons hands. Its not hypothetically impossible thats true, however its even less likely than with a state monopoly.

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If there is a market demand for more effective defensive weapons (say in a case where invasion seemed probably) than entrepranears would work to fill that demand. Since companies create all the weapons governments use, its foolish to conclude they could not be created absent. Also its sill to say "every crazy person will have a nuke". For one a crazy person can be elected and have thousands at his disposal now. For two nukes are hugely complicated, expensive, and valuable.

[lengthyounarther]

Wow, there was a 99 year old man there! The arguments against a voluntary society fail because they also apply to a statists society. "What if all your neighbors decide to rob you" is a situation that will screw you with or without a state. As is "what if you get invaded by a vastly supiriour force" again in that case a government does no good. Also its foolish to assume that apsent government restrictions people would only be armed with hunting rifles