since man survives by the use of his reasoning mind, and si…
since man survives by the use of his reasoning mind, and since reason cannot function under physical force, man has the right to be free from the physical force that others would initiate against him
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government is established solely to protect man's individual rights against their violation by physical force, whose proper functions are only three: the police, the army, and the law courts
the social system that follows from this, the system based upon individual rights, is laissez-faire capitalism. under capitalism, the government may not act as a criminal to violate one's rights, nor may it act paternalistically