Over history and before communication/language the leader of tribes or groups was the one who was the strongest. Who ever could pick up the biggest rock. They could develop better tools to make them stronger but in the end it was whoever could use the tool most effectively. Once language and communication came about, we were able to talk with one another to out-maneuver or communicate to fulfill needs to overpower the strongest leader. No longer was it who could pick up the biggest rock but who could communicate and cooperate with each other the best. These people use wits over strength to overcome obstacles. These humans didn't see a person anymore of a person to force to benefit themselves rather they could now look at another person and wonder how they could work with each other to benefits the group/relationship. This lead to the idea that each person should own themselves. We naturally feel this, when kids are playing they often don't like to share because they feel they have ownership over what they've worked for. Even if all the work they did was pick up a toy (much like how we use the resources around us). If no one has ownership over a resource then you have the right to use it however you'd like. We naturally feel that we own the fruits of our labors and that we should be able to use them how we see fit as long as we don't use what we have produced to harm others and take from what they have produced.
Given that we naturally own ourselves and that humans are evolving to become more cooperative than forceful with each other why is it that we still let people tell us what to do? Many of us are arbitrarily born to some land and grow up using whats around. Because others have built a system on this land that you have grown up with they demand that you have to pay for it. The problem I see is that is theft because I did not get to choose whether or not the system was built in that way. Just because I was arbitrarily born into government I have to pay for government, if I don't they will send people with weapons to come and take my money or they will throw me into a room and possibly force me to work off my "debt". I understand that people like to have systems that are stable and worthwhile, but just like the original humans emerging out of the evolution of language cooperation was much more effective at gathering food, defending yourself, and having less fear of being forced. Instead of forcing people to pay for a system that provides good benefits to society I believe we can have a stronger and more powerful and less fearful system if we were willing to pay for systems we liked.
You can relate this to slavery. There was great benefit to having slaves and many were fearful about losing that force over the slaves because they feared that they benefit that was provided could not be provided without slavery. When slavery was abolished the market compensated by having the wealthy plantation owners pay for the labor of the now working slaves. This transferred wealth from the rich to the poor, increased everyone's living conditions, and provided much less fear of having your labor forced from you.
It is now time to apply this same concept to government, laws, taxation, and let people start deciding what is best for themselves as long as it doesn't directly hurt another or their property. We should trade and communicate based on ethics and reputation rather than laws and policy. This has been hard to do in the past because it hard to know someones true reputation but with the age of technology holding everyone accountable for their actions and the ability to spread this information widely is what WILL give us the power to implement a non-violent system. Technology is the turning point into being able to reduce force and increase cooperation just like language was the turning point when humans were first evolving language. The more this message is embraced and spread I believe we can reduce violence to a point of near nothingness where it will only be the people who truly don't understand it will be the ones to use violence.
My question to everyone reading this is: Is there anything the government does that cannot be done through cooperation, non-violence, and without coercion? Or do we truly need to force everyone to do the will of the government?
Many of us are taught that democracy is the answer. Taxation with representation. But what I have seen is that it only slows corruption. I see democracy only imposing the will of the 51% on the 49%. Government is the only one who has the excuse to steal, murder because the 51% agreed to it. as Jared Howe said "Costumes, badges, guns and fancy paper don't create moral exceptions for theft and murder."
Tell me if you think we can have a government/ruler free world or tell me why you think that we need government/rulers in our lives?