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Why not then for social contract?
 
Why not then for social contract?
  
Libertarians will not explain why government works as well as it does.  They have numerous theories of government failure, but ignore explanations of government success (such as the creation of the market system.)  A prime example of reinforcement bias.
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Libertarians will not explain why government works as well as it does.  They have numerous theories of government failure, but ignore explanations of government success (such as the creation of the market system.)  A prime example of confirmation bias.
  
 
The inescapable evils of coercion are not unique to government.
 
The inescapable evils of coercion are not unique to government.

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