Don't look at it as a burden: look at it as a gift. When you're born, you have no claim on anyone in the world other than your parents. You can't demand prote

Don't look at it as a burden: look at it as a gift. When you're born, you have no claim on anyone in the world other than your parents. You can't demand protection from the Singapore police; you can't demand that the consumer protections of Zaire be imposed on your diapers; you are alien to every state on earth. Every state, that is, but yours. At birth, you get the right to make demands of all these other people, and (under rules you'll get to contribute to) they'll answer those demands! You get welfare, healthcare, education — all because of your nation-state. That's pretty awesome!