THE FIRST QUESTION OF COOPERATION The first question of cooperation is and will

THE FIRST QUESTION OF COOPERATION

The first question of cooperation is and will always remain “why should I cooperate rather than kill you and take your stuff?” Any question of cooperation, once rejected, does not regress into boycott, but into violence. Violence is the source of all wealth, because it is with violence that we suppress free riding and force all human action into the market for the voluntary organization of production, distribution and trade.