I disagree with your first point.
I see the free market as the natural state of the world. The "free" in "free market" meaning free from restriction - meaning the only special condition that must exist is you do not hinder the natural state.
The rights we have that are protected by laws exist independant of the laws.
For example the right to free speech is not some magical right that a benevolent government grants us but rather a natural state that the governments promises not to infringe on.
Your points about warring security firms are also discussed in the book I linked. If you are interested your questions will be answered there.
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I think the fundamental point of difference between us is that you view the government as having the ability to grant us something that we do not already have when I see them only as an organization that is able to place restrictions on what we can do.
The government has no power to create anything that its people could not independently. It has no power to grant any fundamental rights.
The only thing a government can do is violate rights, impose restrictions and enforce those restrictions through violence.
Den Yellek
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