COOPERATION < NON-COOPERATION < PREDATION Cooperation is only valuable if it is

COOPERATION < NON-COOPERATION < PREDATION

Cooperation is only valuable if it is more valuable than non cooperation. Non cooperation is only valuable if it is more valuable than predation. If cooperation is no longer valuable then non-cooperation must be possible. If the state or some other organization prohibits non-cooperation, then predation is preferable to forced interaction, and forced cooperation.

After all. That is what slavery means.