Government
An organization claiming monopoly on force over a territory, using coercion like taxes or laws without full consent of those affected. Government violates the Golden Rule by creating victims through theft and control, ignoring fallibility and decentralized knowledge. Logic demands it shrink to only repairing real harms, or dissolve into voluntary systems.
Frequently asked
Can any government be legitimate under this framework?
A government that limits itself to detecting real harm, identifying victims, and enforcing proportionate justice — with the genuine consent of all it governs — would be consistent with the rules. The problem is that no existing government meets this standard. Most claim authority over people who never consented, fund themselves through non-consensual taxation, and enforce rules that create victims rather than protect them. The framework does not say government is impossible, only that it must earn its legitimacy the same way any agent does: through consent, not force.