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Defence, raison d’être of the minimal State

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To move from an 'ultra minimal' state to a 'minimal' state, Nozick uses the principle of compensation. Basically, it is defined as the prohibition of independents from exercising their right to punish in exchange for the free protection (compensation) of the dominant Protection Agency. And so, finally, it is possible to build the minimal State, whose main function is the defence of citizens. Classical liberalism is based on this argument.