> that wouldn't exist without the threat of government violence
As I'm sure you already suppose, an anarchistic assessment of this results in a different conclusion.
As I'm sure you already suppose, an anarchistic assessment of this results in a different conclusion.
Road construction is the archetypal government activity. You go back to 3000 BC and look at ancient Egypt's sophisticated infrastructure. How did they do it? Government. And compare that to what contemporary societies without government have left us. Pottery fragments.
In other words, I assert that the time for peace without government is ahead, not behind.
"Wenzhou has become one of the richest cities in China under a regulatory regime that borders on anarchism.... for the last 30 years, private citizens in this southeastern China metropolis have largely taken over one of the least questioned prerogatives of governments the world over: infrastructure."[1]
[1]https://reason.com/archives/2011/11/15/chinas-black-market-c...