Generally speaking, while a person may be smart, people are stupid. To quote a movie, they're dumb, panicky animals when in groups. Control - the enforcing of one elite group's will over the rest - is necessary. I think most people will agree that protection from murder is a good thing.
Then again, I believe that people without restrictions are more likely to engage in dangerous deviant behavior - such as butchering others for food, to use an extreme example, or stealing from them. In an anarchist society, I imagine a lot of people would try and steal from me, and as a result a lot of people would have to die.
Government, law, and order is good. Anarchy and limitless freedom are bad. Freedom must be controlled or it is counterproductive. Anarchy will always lead to authoritarianism.
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