Actually, without government (I'm talking about truly no government, not just replacing it with another type) capitalism and the free market would thrive, which I think would actually have been one of your stronger arguments. Good thing you don't believe in that kind of thing.
As far as the benefits of capitalism, that's a whole other debate.
Now, onto my closing;
As I said in my opening, the purpose of government is protection from “illegal” harm for the individual and security for the nation. The world is a dangerous place, as was brought home to us on 9/11/2001 The federal government is the reason we have the FBI, CIA, ATF, Border Patrol, Customs and the military. What would our country be without those? Would we be secure in our possessions or feel relatively safe to travel within our own borders? Of course it's not perfect. No government can assure perfect safety (and we probably wouldn't want to live under a government that could provide such security), but the collective resources make it possible to maintain agencies charged with the protection of our nation and her people.
The government also establishes the legal rights and remedies of it's member citizens. To do away with government is to do away with those rights. Without legal rights, a society becomes, essentially, a free for all survival of the fittest competition. You can have land and possessions so long as you can obtain them and keep hold of them. Remember that no government means no government for everybody and Mr. I defined government this way;
By his own definition, if you take away government, you take away authority and if there's no authority, there is nothing to compel anyone to do anything or to refrain from doing something. You may want to create some collectivist anti capitalist commune but you cannot compel me or anyone to participate. Neither can you compel me to pay taxes, comply with safety regulations or make me refrain from going next door with a shotgun to obtain what I want. Using Mr. I's own definition, the minute legal authority to initiate force - say by arresting someone or depriving them of their freedom by imprisoning them - is conferred on someone, it falls into the definition of government.
This is the PreAmble to our Constitution
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION - We the People
The Constitution establishes a system of government, our system of government, it does not abolish it. The first step to attaining zero government would be say the entire Constitution has no more relevancy or applicability. Are we prepared to say that?
Thank you Mr. I for asking me to do this. Apologies for the delays in my replies. For everyone else, please vote in the poll to come after Mr. I's last post. I have no idea if it will be a public one, but I promise that neither Mr. I nor I will get our feelings hurt by the votes or the results. We understand the poll is about our arguments, not about us personally.