- Anarchists also extrapolate incorrectly from empirical observations of the behavior of politicians and government officials in present-day societies. The recurrent tendency of officials in these systems to expand the scope of government and to trample upon individual liberties is notorious, and some anarchists have concluded that it is inherent in all governments and hence that no government can be limited to its proper goal. Yet we have have demonstrated at length that such tendencies are only to be expected in mixed economies, where the very structure of the interventionist system promotes increasing statism and rewards those who are inclined toward aggression and collectivism with the highest positions of power. A careful review of our analysis of these tendencies will glean no indication that politicians or government officials, any more than any other group of human beings, must be inherently evil (pp.
5.4:50-99). Will anarchists also condemn all bus systems and bus drivers because some such systems might be poorly structured, as in our example on pp.5.4:5-8? - The anarchist's pretense of purism may avoid the hard work of activism, since many anarcho-capitalists hold that our existing system is already a competitive free market (p. 6). This free market, they believe, will "automatically" evolve toward the efficient provision of justice (and hence freedom), without any effort on their part. For the same reason, anarchists are spared the intellectual effort of developing practical mechanisms to realize the end of justice.
