The State Exists Only for Those Who Wish to Rule Others
We are told the state is essential.
Essential for order, safety, justice, and prosperity.
But the truth is this: the state is not essential for any of these things.
Every real human need — food, shelter, healthcare, education, security, and community — can be fulfilled through voluntary cooperation, free markets, and mutual aid.
People, left free, build peace and abundance.
The one thing that cannot exist without the state is coercion on a grand scale.
The state is essential only to those who seek to rule, exploit, and dominate others.
To the war-maker, the state is essential — it grants him armies, funded by unwilling taxpayers.
To the thief in a suit, the state is essential — it allows him to plunder through taxation and inflation.
To the monopolist, the state is essential — it shields him from competition with laws and licenses.
To the tyrant, the state is essential — it cloaks his orders with the false legitimacy of “authority.”
Without the state, aggression is seen for what it is: crime.
With the state, aggression is renamed: law, tax, regulation, justice, authority.
A free society does not lack defense, justice, or order.
It simply strips them of coercion and monopoly. It provides them through consent, choice, and voluntary cooperation.
The state is not the protector of peace. It is the greatest source of violence.
The state is not the guardian of rights. It is the greatest violator of them.
The state is not the foundation of society. It is the parasite upon it.
The truth is simple:
Free people have no need for the state.
Only oppressors do.
