Agreed.Gosh I hate answering some of these questions. Why is there no option where I can ramble about how questions are establishing false dichotomies, or where I can complain about my suspicion that my answer is going to be interpreted incorrectly.
wow.
it's just like any other service, people demand it, so they pay someone to provide it. Also I'd question whether standing armies, public or private are needed at all if the people are well armed.
Europe has never attained any decent macroeconomic performance indicators, what their natural rate of unemployment is like 9% or something ridiculously high illustrating a rigid and regulated labour market. Not to mention how they all survive amongst each other through their common currency, through the help and guidance of the EU FREEING THE TRADE AMONGST MEMBER COUNTRIES (surely not a leftist ideal)
Turns out that socialist policies work quite well when you have a small population and massive reserves of natural resources for state owned companies to sell. If you look at countries like Singapore and Hong Kong that have built themselves up from nothing wihout natural endowments you'll notice they have a high degree of economic freedom.
Perhaps I care about more than macroeconomic performance indicators
as would i but i think people are retarded when it comes to these types of things. eitherway, im not too fussed about whether the government had a role in a country's defense. i just think its one of the only things they are needed for.
So people can be trusted to do everything for themselves, except when it comes to defense. Then people suddenly become morons who are incapable of acting in their own best interests without a violent monopoly forcing them to.
