Why Anarchists Are DEAD Wrong on National Defense
Channel: LaughingMan0X
Date: 2011-06-05

Breakdown of This Video's Sections

Part 1: Introduction: [0-2:30]
Part 2: What is a Public and Private Good: [2:30-5:45]
Part 3: Free Rider Problem of National Defense: [5:45-11:40]
Part 4: Problems With the "Donations Argument": [11:40-18:10]
Part 5: Problems With the "Ostracism Argument": [18:10-29:20]
Part 6: Problems With the "War Insurance Argument": [29:20-34:10]
Part 7: Problems With the "War Bonds Argument": [34:10-37:00]
Part 8: Problems With the "Natural Rights Argument": [37:00-38:15]
Part 9: Problems With the "Wishful Market Thinking Argument": [38:15-40:50]
Part 10: Problems With the "Militia Argument": [40:50-50:45]
Part 11: Problems With the "PDA Argument": [50:45-52:15]
Part 12: Conclusion: [52:15-52:50]
Part 13: My Solution to the Free-Rider Problem in Brief: [52:50-55:57]

I explain why national defense in a stateless society is a free rider problem while arguing that the proposed solutions to this problem given by anarchists don't come anywhere close to solving the problem.

References

1) Average Absolute Annual Expenditure for the top 10 military spenders

List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures#cite_note-The_SIPRI_Military_Expenditure_Database-0 
Source: http://milexdata.sipri.org

2) Average Per-Capita Annual Expenditure for the top Absolute Military Spenders:
List: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures_per_capita 
Source: http://milexdata.sipri.org/ 

3) XM Satellite Radio's Pay Scheme:

http://www.siriusxm.com/ourmostpopularpackages-xm

4) Americans currently give 300 billion dollars annually to charity

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm

5) About 3/4ths of the country "initially" supported the war in Iraq

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/770/iraq-war-five-year-anniversary

6) Principle of Parsimony (Occum's Razor)

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/simplicity/ 
http://www.theness.com/index.php/the-razor-in-the-toolbox/

7) War Insurance:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/bryan4.html 

8) "Bond" Definition: 

O'Sullivan, Arthur; Sheffrin, Steven M. (2003). Economics: Principles in action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 197, 507.

9) Problem of Rational Ignorance and Democracy

http://wikisum.com/w/Downs:_An_economic_theory_of_democracy

10) Hofstede's Index of Individualism

http://www.geert-hofstede.com/hofstede_united_states.shtml 

11) The Whiskey Rebellion 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion#cite_note-0

12) Shay's Rebellion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion

13) How Capitalism Saved America (Quotes the Death of Early US Settlers)

http://books.google.com/books?id=_YaS18_3nlQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=how+capitalism+saved+america&hl=en&ei=qCx2TNiTCMKclgfL6_mzCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Jamestown&f=false

14) The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich

http://books.google.com/books?id=sY8svb-MNUwC