Picture a government much like a private company with security guards. There are rules within that company that people have to follow. Rules that have been enforced by those who CHOOSE to work there. Some employees don't like the idea and protest like social justice warriors against the company.
They could voluntarily leave. They don't and rather become annoyingly whiny to the rest.
They are thugs. They are a gang. No doubt. But this is how the world works. Whether the mechanism is private or governmental is irrelevant. As long as people chose basic mechanisms to suppress violence, nothing will change. For the government aggression might be speaking against the country. You get locked up. For Google might be badmouthing your CEO. You get fired for "unknown" reasons.
I wanted to add my two cents about the "Flat Earth" debate too, but plan to post a lot about it myself. Great content!
You are missing the MAIN factor: the belief in "authority." If a PRIVATE security agencies made a habit of committing unjust aggression, and the people did NOT view them as a rightful "authority," that agency would be out of business (or dead) very quickly.
I am not missing it. Belief in authority is there, always has been, whether that is a node from a miner or a legal document from your state collective.
Well, same applies to governments. If it was too much they would get overthrown. Happened plenty of times in the past. People have a special connection with oppression and authority. Almost like a Stockholm syndrome. It happens to relationships, companies, governments, anywhere really. Heck, people even beat their dogs and girlfriends but they come back to them.
There are far greater mechanisms embedded in our nature my friend. The state vs private dichotomy is massively flawed.