Murdered by Numbers

One of the arguments for the state, is, the state provides the basis for large numbers of individuals to prosper in safety, with the state acting as a protective bouncer, on steroids, which the state procures from the pockets of the individuals it is supposedly protecting.  Unfortunately, protective bouncers on steroids tend to get unruly.

”...nearly 174,000,000 people probably have been murdered by governments in the 20th Century, 1900-1999. This absolutely incredible human slaughter is over four-times those killed in combat in all international and domestic wars during the same years. If all these dead were to populate a nation, out of 190 nations in the world it would be the sixth largest. Moreover, if you were to sit in a chair in a room and the spirits of these dead were to walk in one door, float before you and exit through another door, for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it would take about six years for all to pass."

The above was gleaned from this site, which I was directed to by this post at the Mises Economics Blog.

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