tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post1593479229504359641..comments2024-01-03T02:41:53.594-09:00Comments on Patriot's Lament: Special Guest Bob Murphy on Patriot's Lament - October 20, 2012 Joshua Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314841330994831499noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post-70576816639373849622012-10-25T11:44:11.807-08:002012-10-25T11:44:11.807-08:00The key thing people don't get, the "but ...The key thing people don't get, the "but we'd all be dead without a state" people, is that for a given society there is nothing about a monopoly provider of "justice" and "defense" which makes it more civilized, and much to suggest that it instead DEGRADES civilization.<br /><br />A state is a vice of relative affluence a society inflicts on itself.<br /><br />Jim in KenaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com