fɪlˈɑːsəfɚ bˈɜːtɹænd ɹˈʌsəl səpˈoːɹɾᵻd ðɪs kɹɪtˈiːk, stˈeɪɾɪŋ ðˈæt "pˈiː ˈiːs ænd wˈɔːɹ, tˈæɹɪfs, ɹˌɛɡjʊlˈeɪʃənz ʌv sˈænətˌɛɹi kəndˈɪʃənz ænd ðə sˈeɪl ʌv nˈɑːkʃəs dɹˈʌɡz, ðə pɹˌɛzɚvˈeɪʃən əvə dʒˈʌst sˈɪstəm ʌv dˌɪstɹɪbjˈuːʃən: ðˈiːz, ɐmˌʌŋ ˈʌðɚz, ɑːɹ fˈʌŋkʃənz wˌɪtʃ kʊd hˈɑːɹdli biː pɚfˈɔːɹmd ɪn ɐ kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi ɪnwˌɪtʃ ðɛɹwˌʌz nˈoʊ sˈɛntɹəl ɡˈʌvɚnmənt."
Philosopher Bertrand Russell supported this critique, stating that "[p]eace and war, tariffs, regulations of sanitary conditions and the sale of noxious drugs, the preservation of a just system of distribution: these, among others, are functions which could hardly be performed in a community in which there was no central government."