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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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[–] drkt_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 6 months ago

How would I protect myself without a government or police? The same way I do now where I work for free and the police don't show up when I call them.

The only thing the government does for me personally is coordinate infrastructure projects and even that they're horrible at.

(Jutland, Denmark)