Whenever I argue for a stateless society, I say: “The government should not provide X.” The response always comes back: “But how will X then be provided?
The answer is simple: “Since everybody is concerned that ‘X’ will not be provided, ‘X’ will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence.” In other words, since everyone is concerned that poor children might not get an education because it costs too much, those children will be provided an education as a direct result of everyone’s concern. Either you will help poor children get an education, through charity or volunteering, or you won’t. If you will help poor children get an education, you don’t have to worry about the issue. If you will do nothing to help poor children get an education, it is pure hypocrisy to raise it as an issue that you claim to be concerned about. That having been said, there are a number of ways that a free society can provide education that is far superior to the mess being inflicted on children now. First of all, poor children are not currently getting any sort of decent education. The perceived risks of a stateless society cannot be rationa
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