I think there's a huge non sequitur when one argues that because society requires organization for some purposes, we need a government to act as a territorial monopoly. That is what we have now, but not because it was the result of prior generations applying reason. It is the result of past generations waging war to conquer their neighbors or throw off prior conquerors. That isn't a foundation for progress or a measure of legitimacy, not even when it has a veneer of democracy.
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