Thank you for your reply Hive account@ancapdude. To be frank, you are correct. If the state magically vanished tomorrow, our society would likely descend into infighting for a vast majority. People are not used to actually having to use agency, and take responsibility for everything they do. That said, I don't advocate that the state should spontaneously vanish. Well, not often at least.

My view is that the transition between now and a free society requires a migration from centralised, federal government, to a decentralised network of local governance. All forms of governance should be contractually agreed with the individuals within. This allows for voluntary survival, while providing the services critical to a stable society.

Eventually, as the local providers encounter free market solutions, those services may be adopted instead of having it monopolised by the community at large. The efficiency of capitalism will shine through in the end. However, we need to educate others first before such a change has a chance to occur.