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Originally Posted by aceventura3
It appears you ignore all the good that has been done by people directly without the threat of government force.
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Not at all. Tons of people outside of the government have done tons of good. People in government have also done tons of good.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
After all Mother Teresa was not a government employee, was she?
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She's a rather poor example, I'm afraid. You should check out Christopher Hitchens' writings and videos on Teresa. It turns out she was a bit of a charlatan. That said, there are plenty of people who can do good without government, but the fortunate or unfortunate truth is that private charity and good works haven't been enough in the past to keep civilization stable. Government is needed to deal with things like common defense, vast wealth inequality, and human rights. To deny that is to deny history. In addition, there's no historical evidence to suggest that anarchocapitalism can be successful, in fact there's plenty of evidence to the contrary.