Can citizens delegate the right to initiate force to government?
Citizens may not delegate the “right to initiate force” to government, as no one possess such a “right” to begin with. As Ayn Rand has commented “there is no such thing as the right to enslave.” What individuals do possess is the right to defend against force (in some cases this may include pre-emptive action). As no individual in his private capacity, as a citizen, may initiate force against others, neither may he in his public capacity as a state official initiate force either.
