Sunday, 1 August 2010

Aggression is the use of force which is not justified and not defensive

The Government does not solve problems; it creates them.

Aggression always causes more problems (negative externalities) than it solves. Using violence to make (or prevent) a person from engaging in a particular action or behaviour, even with the intention to do good, will cause harm because the underlying motivation for the act has not gone away. The best way to prevent harm is to allow people to defend themselves in the most efficient manner.

Using violence creates a problem for the object (victim) and (by definition, it is not chosen) does not provide anything of objective value. Something which is undesirable for the individual cannot be good for the group, unless the person is a criminal, so then unless the citizens are by default criminal, which they are not, then Government aggression is damaging. A solution that is unwanted cannot be a solution. Something that is not chosen is bad in all cases, unless the victim is (or has been) a criminal.

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