http://www.lewrockwell.com/molyneux/molyneux21.html
I am always astounded when someone rejects even the possibility of a stateless society by demanding that I supply proof such a society has ever existed, or could ever work.
"But I can give you an example of a perfectly functioning non-violent society right this minute!" I reply.
"Oh yeah?" my interrogator will demand skeptically. "Where?"
"Well, it’s… you!"
A great flurry of confusion always follows this very simple statement. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, are you married?" I say.
"Yes, but…"
"Did you force your spouse to marry you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"When you proposed, did you hold a gun to her temple and threaten to pull the trigger if she didn’t marry you?"
"No, but…"
"Do you have a job?"
"Yes…"
"And when you went to that job interview, did you hold a knife to your interviewer’s throat until you got the job?"
"No…"
"Did you go to school?"
"Of course! But what…"
"And if you wanted an ‘A’, did you work hard, or did you kidnap your teacher’s daughter and hold her hostage until you got the grade you wanted?"
"No, but…"
"Do you shoplift when you go to stores? Do you leave restaurants without paying the bill? Do you ‘pump and run’ at gas stations? If you want to have a party, do you herd your guests up at gunpoint?"
The answer is always the same. Of course not! Over the past twenty years, over thousands of conversations, I have never once met anyone who regularly used violence. I’ve met a few people who’d been in bar fights, heard tales of a few bad marriages and seen some fairly nasty parents, but I have never once met a single person who regularly and systematically used violence to force obedience out of others.
So naturally, I am quite confused when people demand that I produce historical proof of functioning non-violent societies. It’s like a panting man asking me to produce proof of the existence of air.
Edit:
Jeg tror ikke på at folk vil betale en sikkerhetsstyrke for å forhindre eksperimentering med dyr etc... For mens folk ikke har noen problemer med å bruke andres penger på å bekjempe "usømmelighet", eksperimentering med dyr etc., så vil ikke folk bruke masse av sine EGNE penger på å bekjempe slike ting. Jeg ser ingen grunn til å tro at medlemmer av et sikkerhetsfirma vil blande seg inn i hva andre gjør seg imellom, mer enn vi i Norge griper inn overfor svenske forbrytere i Sverige(når de er i Norge må de naturligvis overholde norske lover).