&gt;&gt; The fact that you earn anything at all, or that you don&#x27;t get robbed, or that you have any property rights at all, is a function of the state.<p>The reason I earn is because I provide value for my employer.  The fact that I don&#x27;t get robbed, the same reason I have property rights, is a function of my readiness to beat the shit out of anyone stupid enough to try it.  The state didn&#x27;t show up to my job interview, and the state doesn&#x27;t have my back when I&#x27;m walking the city at night.<p>The best the state can do is not screw up my contributions to society or property rights- they are derived from my own self, not some organizational structure that humans came up with so we could survive without learning how to respect each other.