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Re:How Vienna produced ideas that shaped the West by dmichulke on Saturday December 31, 2016 @02:16AM (#13289969)
Coercion is entirely orthogonal to any form of state.

In practice, all forms of state use coercion. Try resisting arrest by the police for a crime you are suspect but didn't commit.

There are much worse examples that polarize much more.

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Re:How Vienna produced ideas that shaped the West by sangnoir on Saturday December 31, 2016 @03:29PM (#13292986)
How can individual's rights and possessions be protected without coercion? These are fundamental to any society.

Empirically, when the state is dissolved, it is quickly replaced by equally coercive (or worse) warlords.

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