Why is the State Evil ?

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GWilly replied on Sun, Aug 24 2008 1:36 PM

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liberty student:

democracy however, the issue remains the same.  If 99.9% set the standard for the remaining 0.1% against their will or desire, it is still a surrender of free will.  I can't see how technology might change this, but if you have ideas in that direction, I'm sure we would all be interested to read them.

OK Liberty I've posted a new thread called the UK Minarchist Direct Democracy Initiative.

Not sure that I should have made it public yet as it is definately Work in Progress but Hey - Sod it - Why Not

I'm more a Techie Doer than a philosophist and need educating fast.

UK Minarchist

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JonBostwick replied on Mon, Aug 25 2008 7:51 PM

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GWilly:

There is little doubt that the State does does Evil things, but why do they do it? What is their reasoning? What is their Justification?

The State is evil because it is above the law.

There is no reason for the State to be above the law except to allow it to be evil. Why make it above the law if you don't expect it to break the law?

Causing the state to be "not evil" is as simple as expecting it follow the rules of peaceful interaction and holding it accountable for any crimes that it commits. Of course, this would mean taking away the State's exclusive privilege to demand tribute(ie tax). And a State without the ability to break the law is no State at all.

And thats the answer: the only good State is a State that stops being a State.

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banned replied on Mon, Aug 25 2008 8:34 PM

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GWilly:

There is little doubt that the State does does Evil things, but why do they do it? What is their reasoning? What is their Justification?

The rational of a criminal is hardly relevant to the matter of their actions.

GWilly:

Are all of our Politicians inherently Evil?

All of the ones so far.