The state has the ability to legislate the peoples of give territory , the problem is that government can be formed by those who as mises said are “incompetent , corrupt or vile men” . I would add a couple more including those who are power hungry it also attracts short term thinker who can only see as far as the next political cycle giving both of these sorts of personalities access to state will surely lead a nation , that both looses it liberties and freedoms as well running deficits in order to please voters for the next political cycle.