If tomorrow some burst of mystical energy flicked a switch in the brain of every human being, a switch that stopped the area of the mind that feels righteous in initiating force – in stealing, murdering, and slaughtering – and suddenly the millions of warlords, criminals, and thugs, and the countless bureaucrats committing the same crimes with the false sanction of ‘democracy’, just stopped what they were doing – most of the world’s problems would be gone within a year.

Too much is said about the disastrous effects of force on the world. The wars, the killings, and the senseless impoverishment driven by the ever-encroaching controls of government – the controls which people so righteously vote for, year on year – all of this is standard capitalist copy. But doom and gloom is of little encouragement to anyone; what needs to be told is the story of a world without all these troubles, a world which would be the closest thing to heaven possible to mankind, the heaven of a reality untroubled by those that think it right to force their views on others.

Within a decade, civilisation would have transformed.

Technology is an amazing thing; imagine the level of innovation and creativity we see in the smartphone industry spread out across every sector the economy, from schooling to medicine to travel, after the tangled mass of economic regulations has withered away. Imagine having not just one country dominating the world economy, but every country exploding in a supernova of innovation; Russia resurrecting itself, Africa ballooning with prosperity, The West regaining its old dynamism, Asia accelerating its economic bloom. And all of it open and free – you can go anywhere, every country is safe, every corner of the world is steadily climbing up the rungs of civilisation.

Imagine seeing, instead of stories about waiting lines in hospitals and underpaid staff, announcements of the newest medical technologies – and knowing that it would only be a few years before they would be available on your insurance, insurance as cheap as a phone bill. Imagine seeing the life expectancy of western countries actually increasing, and wondering how long your life might stretch, thinking how your grandchildren might make it to two-hundred. Imagine watching your wages increase, while the cost of living is decreasing, and feeling that upwards energy still present in developing nations, instead of the tired, heavy weight of stagnation that drags at the souls of those in Europe.

All of this is utopian, but only in its extremity. Human beings have free will, and there will never be a world where every man renounces force. There is no switch in the brain, and no mystical energy to turn it off regardless – but every man has power over his own mind. To the extent men use this power, is to the extent that this world is possible. You may not agree with this article, and it is not trying to persuade you to change your views directly. I just have one request, a plea from one honest mind to any other.

Use your mind. Question your ideas. Think – before it’s too late.