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A common pro-government argument is "How would you protect yourself without a government/the state/the police?" How would you refute this? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Public services do not require a ruling class to exist to function.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

You have two roads that need to get built and nobody wants to wait. Who gets their road first? There is no escaping the necessity of having a decision maker.