Awesome discussion so far! It looks like we've quickly gone to the heart of the matter: how much government do we want in our lives and what would it be like if we had none? This may shock some of you to hear coming from me, but we absolutely NEED government, and good government at that. In fact, the services the current governments of the world monopolize or regulate are some of the most demanded and needed: security/defense, law, dispute resolution, education, healthcare, transportation, utilities, quality control etc. The question I present to you is, do we want a single entity monopolizing the provision of all of these critical goods and services, or do we want a choice? I really liked kmfkewm's point that the drunk driving issue really comes down to who owns the roads. We really don't know right now if it is best to outlaw drunk driving or not and how to enforce it because there is a massive disconnect between the owners/managers of the roads and the users of them. If we were presented with choices such as "I think I'll take I-80 tonight instead of rout 101 because they don't let drunks drive on their roads even though they charge a little more and it is a little out of my way." I-80 gets more business, and maybe 101 will re-think it's policies to gain more market share. Instant feedback. In today's condition, I'd have to lobby the state transportation board and run a massive public awareness campaign to get enough voters on my side, and if I won, I'd then be shoving my views down the minorities throat. Still no choice. Very inefficient.