In actual fact it is the statists who are the utopians. They say "If there is a problem, leave it to the government" or "If we can't deal with this naturally arising problem, government must". Such sayings are just pure rejections of reality. The government is composed of the same men as the general populace (except maybe of the more conniving variety). They cannot magically solve our problems. It is as Ronald Reagan used to say: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
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I think Murray Rothbard, one of the greatest champions of liberty in the history of mankind, defined it best when he analyzed the non-aggression axiom and its relation to govermental structures:
"I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists oppose the State because it has its very being in such aggression, namely, the expropriation of private property through taxation, the coercive exclusion of other providers of defense service from its territory, and all of the other depredations and coercions that are built upon these twin foci of invasions of individual rights."
The key is not aggression (aggression will always exist as long as man is not a perfect being), but LEGALIZED AGGRESSION. That is what we want to eliminate.
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