Monopoly!

those thugs with dark costumes who hold a monopoly on violence. The same degenerates who shove their guns in our bellies as they point to the cages they have prepared for us, with our stolen property of course.

I’m thinking about freedom.

Whenever I have the discussion on why we should abolish government completely the issue of the Po Lice inevitably arises. Usually it only takes a couple minutes, if not seconds, for someone to ask “What about the police?”. Everyone I’ve talked to seems to have this fear that once we do away with our current monopoly of violence the sixth seal will be broken and the End of The World Cosmos will surely ensue.

Have no fear my friends I am here to ensure you that nothing of the like would happen. Instead people would be free to choose if they think thier time preferences call for spending money every month on a protection agency, most likely as an arm of an insurance agency. Basing protection on the profit/loss motive would discourage this kind of behavior, this kind and this kind! And that’s just in my fair city imagine if that crude use of force ceased all over the world!

 I’m not saying abuses of power would never happen, what I’m arguing for is the creation of a system where oppurtunities to abuse power are vastly diminished and where victims and soon to be victims have a better recourse to justice then they do now. Giving a family $900,00 or $1.3 million is not justice; especially since the money comes from is stolen from the non-aggressive taxpayers and while the cold-blooded murderers keep their jobs after only “a slap on the wrist”. Having the option to call and cancel my “policy” is a much better “check on corruption” than our current tax-funded system allows for.

If you really want to keep your Police Departments and your SWAT Teams then I’ll meet you half way. How about the police start raising their funds like say, I don’t know, Quiznos would. They have services that they offer for a price. If you feel you need these services so badly then you should proceed to form a contract with said police department. If I don’t feel I need the “services” that they are advertising to me then I would proceed to keep my money or spend it on another good or service I would find that I think benefits me. Then if I transgress against you or your property (which I won’t!) you can call your insurance agency, woops, I mean police department to come to your rescue.  The providers of security would then take me to a jail that you paid for through your monthly “Police Payments”. We would then both have the recourse of taking the case to the private courts of our own choosing.

The question that needs to be put forth to all of those who support the current monopoly on violence held by the state is: Why can’t I or anyone else be free to choose if we really want to pay for these “services” or not? Why can’t we be free to make our own decisions? You let me choose what beer I prefer when I go to the Kwik-E-Mart right?

 Apparently not wanting to threaten your community with violence for not thinking like you isn’t for everyone!