Taxation at gunpoint is thievery, no amount of rhetoric can change that. And don't get me wrong. I have no problems with participating in a community. I have a

Taxation at gunpoint is thievery, no amount of rhetoric can change that. And don't get me wrong. I have no problems with participating in a community. I have a problem with government setting up barriers and maintaining a monopoly on community. I have no apriori issue with government offering services, I have an issue with being forced to pay and consume those services, regardless of how (in)efficient they may be. I am also very much aware that I am only at the end of a long line of people striving for a better future. And nearly all my personal efforts are directed towards fulfilling my obligation towards my forefathers as towards my descendants. And resisting crazy talk about totalitarian governments as a savior for all our problems is a part of that. Don't get me wrong - the manifesto above has hardly anything to do with your position, I am merely explaining my own position.