> Is there not police corruption, abuse of power, innocent people thrown in jail (especially for drugs), unjust laws, etc? You can fight against drug war (and

> Is there not police corruption, abuse of power, innocent people thrown in jail (especially for drugs), unjust laws, etc? You can fight against drug war (and this seems to be catching on) without abandoning the idea of police and judiciary. Indeed, several high-taxation socialist countries in Europe (and here I'm using socialist literally) have decriminalized many drugs. I don't see a correlation between this: taxation serves a legitimate purpose of protecting society, yet most drug prohibitions do not. If we de-criminalize drugs and you, say, start your own drug factory (not saying you will): who will protect you if the Zettas decides to move and destroy you as competition? I do commend you for having the intelectual honesty to advanced anarcho-capitalism (as opposed to "government can tax me to go to war, but taxation is slavery if they use my taxes to provide healthcare"). However, I'll suggest this: if you want to focus on advancing the cause of anarcho-capitalism and small government, focus on drug war, foreign wars, police overreach, etc... first and then start talking about taxation. If you must talk about taxes, first start talking about gross abuses of taxation and eminent domain, e.g., using tax liens to confiscate homes of otherwise poor people and put them in the hands of real-estate developers. You can also talk about how the wealthy don't actually pay very high taxes in reality (long term capital gains vs. income), and so on... but the arguments about how the government is unfairly exploiting the rich to benefit the poor are simply silly. The wealthy want and actively benefit from big government, so policies that make the government more (not less) responsive to the wealthy, actively hurt your cause. David D. Friedman is the one anarcho-capitalist I am familiar with, but he mostly makes a consequentialist as opposed to ethical case for anarcho-capitalism (acknowledging the imperfections his system will have).