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?
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.
ReplyDeleteI 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?
It wouldn't be what we think of as national defense, since it wouldn't be nation-state-based.
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