Free Association: National Defense

Friday, August 03, 2007

If we didn't have it, we wouldn't need it. Think about it.

Anonymous said...: It certainly would be true that if we did not have a nation state that we would not need a "national" defense. More than likely this would keep the government from "having" to get involved in pre-emptive attacks against a "possible" attack by another country.

I would also say that should we have a country organized by individuals interacting peacefully with one another without a government there would arise private armies that could be hired to protect areas. I could also imagine that a foreign government attacking such a loose confederation of individuals for its own benefit. On this occassion I could forsee a possible rise of the volunteer militia from across America that would rise up to help protect it. Would it therefore be national defense effort?; August 6, 2007 at 8:48 AM
Sheldon Richman said...: It wouldn't be what we think of as national defense, since it wouldn't be nation-state-based.; August 6, 2007 at 12:46 PM

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