Statist claim: Freedom Requires Angels.

Fallacy:

Anarchists assume that everyone is good.

Response:

False; voluntaryists make no such assumption. Voluntaryists believe that no matter how good or bad mankind is generally, anarchism would work better than compulsory government.

• If man is good, then the State is unnecessary.
• If man is bad, then States run by men only amplify the bad.
• Most voluntaryists consider mankind to be generally okay but with some bad folks, and consider how to deal with this realistic situation.

Anarchists contend that monopoly courts (and police) are not the answer. [HB]

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Also see:

How Government Solved the Crime Problem

Rectification of Injustice, Chapter 10 of The Market for Liberty by Morris & Linda Tannehill (1970)