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Originally Posted by Skybird
It is argued that the only function of the state should be to service trade by protecting it against (criminal and military) aggressors and guaranteeing the right to hold private property. I have in an earlier post summarised how an insurance system providing both legal mediation and military protection services for a fee would both produce better quality in security services at lesser bureaucracy and lower costs than the state. The state as a territorial monopolist steals private wealth (taxes), legalises the crime (law-making) and does a poorer and poorer job in legal and policing services. Like any monopolist you see the porices going up with the quality offered declining. I must not explain that once again, even less so when some of the essay I lined explain it much better than I could in some lines. I think the model is worth to be given a try. It cannot become any worse than the mess we have now.
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If you really think the Comcast, ATT's, United Airlines and EA Softwares of the world can provide better service when it comes to things like national security....hoo boy. Businesses have entrenched themselves using regulatory capture and litigation so that the barriers to entry are too high. Thus we the consumers are stuck with crappy service and no options.
I would not trust fire, police and military services to that sort of system. Infrastructure is inherently unprofitable. That's why it's a governmental responsibility and not a private sector one.