I realize that you believe we have lots of nice things because of government. I believe that we have them despite government. And even for the things government does do, the cost is hugely higher and the quality hugely lower than it would be if provided by the free market (well, government doesn’t do anything, but it does fund some things, with stolen money).

You believe funding medical care for an obscure town of 2,600 souls is worth the $2 trillion per year federal extortion racket? Bizarre. Crowdfunding would work just as well, without the need to point gummint guns at anyone.

Every single statute on the books is enforced with a potential death sentence at the hands of the police. Comply or die.

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

— Edward Abbey

I could actually live with a Constitutional government. A government that only legislated about matters that are explicitly mentioned therein. I see nothing there about drugs, medical care, retirement, transportation (except post roads), the environment, handouts, or 99% of what the state controls today. I do see “Congress shall make no law”, “shall not be infringed”, and “shall not be violated”, which to anybody but a lawyer are very bright lines. Yes, I know about the Commerce Clause and the General Welfare Clause. They have been so liberally interpreted as to make a government of enumerated powers a joke. I’m not laughing.

So I stand way over at full-on anarchism, as a counterweight to those who would be king.

Though we disagree about government and guns, I still like your writing. Hence the follow.