Private roads, private courts, private military, private police & fire fighters? Now that's just moonbat crazy.
Why? What can government, a group of people, voted for by people, do for people what other people cannot do for people?
Because when you make crime & war a private, for-profit, industry, you tend to see a lot more of it. See Eisenhower's "Military-Industrial-Complex" for details. The military is privatized enough as it is already, with huge money being made by defense contractors who hold a lot of sway over what the military does. We wouldn't have anywhere near the Empire or wars we do now if there wasn't so much money to be made in it.
And when you privatize police, they'll be even more incentivized to find crimes to punish than now, and an erosion of your liberties far beyond what we have now. You want legalized drugs? It'll never happen, ever, with a privatized police force when there's money to be made kicking in your doors to steal your plants and put your ass in prison.
Private courts? How does that work? The guy with the deepest pockets wins? This one seems awfully susceptible to corruption. Like what we see in these third-world nations where there is little, if any, government to speak of, only bribery.
This is one area I don't want to mess with. A jury of your peers should decide the law. Not $$$.
Other than the odd on-ramp or bridge, private roads, by and large, are an impossible dream anyway. I think the best way to deal with that issue is to pay for the roads ONLY with fees collected from car owners when you register a car, or buy gas. Non-car owners shouldn't be expected to pay for the roads, just like I don't want my tax dollars going to fund a public rail system I would
never use.
A lot of hard-core libertarians spout off against One-Size-Fits-All solutions, and Zero-Tolerance policies.
But isn't a complete, anti-government mindset on every issue just another One-Size-Fits-All solution?