No, I said without a government you could just "deal" with it yourself. I didn't say if government was good or bad. The statement here was folks were up in arms that someone was talking about going through legal process to get bitcoin back. Now you're upset that I stated that government was what was holding them back from taking non-legal options.

Tell me oh wise one, how do you get your money back if you live in a place with no government or organization and there are no legal means? Do you expect all of society is just going to get it back for you? All you'd have is yourself, and your way to deal with it.

You're 100% correct that without a government, vigilante justice is the option that people will take.

But we don't live in that thought experiment. In our current society, let's say Joe tricked Bob into sending him all of his bitcoin.

Option A: the government recognizes crypto as property, and the government intervenes to get Bob his property back. Of course, this also means that crypto is subject to taxes and regulations.

Option B: the government does not recognize crypto as property, and does nothing because no "crime" has been committed. Bob is out of luck. But, there are no taxes or regulations on crypto, so if you don't get robbed you can get rich and evade taxes.

Option B is the logical outcome of the scenario that many crypto anarchists originally wanted for crypto. No government oversight, which means no taxes or regulations, but also means you're shit outta luck if someone robs you. That's what I was commenting on.

Maybe those crypto anarchists also want a world with no government, so they can take Option C and be their own vigilantes. But it's even more ludicrous to desire that kind of world.

You realize there is no requirement that crypto be subject to taxes in order to have a legal mechanism for enforcing property rights. You're of the misinformed opinion that taxation of crypto is a necessary function of government.