<p>@ThatOneWeirdGuy When entrepreneurs are fighting over supplying water, I don’t see how volunteers for the environment are able to stop them. Could you explain how you think voluntary means are able to account for externalities?</p>
<p>I believe the state should have a monopoly over the initiation of the use of violence. If companies could physically start a war everyday, the country would be a mess, especially if the state has to clean it up. </p>
<p>I also thank and congratulate you on being civilized, too. I recently went to a libertarian seminar with people who couldn’t debate properly. Professors would ignore or provide vague answers such as: during a discussion of no government, a professor suggested in answer to my question that the private sector would find a way to create patents. And I really needn’t talk about the students. </p>