Two more Mr. Libertarians hold fast to the idea that government property is illegitimate, offering a new argument. I am grateful to both for their commentary and reasoned arguments. Both think that governments can’t be legitimate if the major part of a group forms them. They condemn majority rule altogether. This view therefore condemns all governments as illegitimate because none stand any chance of being unanimously supported. In turn, this view promotes a no-government world. These ideas go against a great deal of political reality. For me, that’s a strike against deploying this argument. As argument against majority rule, Mr. … Continue reading Majority Rule, Slavery and a Hobbesian Alternative