> unless the government is a de facto dictatorship This is a highly naïve view that can only be said somebody who has always lived in a country with free press

> unless the government is a de facto dictatorship This is a highly naïve view that can only be said somebody who has always lived in a country with free press. Look at Poland, not a dictatorship but increasingly hostile to government critical journalists. > I'm against all forms of taxation How do you propose to fund schools, streets, police, military, and fire services? Paying for them individually will not work unless you mean insurances which then are basically a tax.