>> My point is this: the concept of a larger government is very murky, so we should be very careful when we're talking about it. The US government is pretty fu

>> My point is this: the concept of a larger government is very murky, so we should be very careful when we're talking about it. The US government is pretty fucking large right now, is it not? In fact, it's an Empire, and serves as a great warning example of what a minimal government can/will become. >> One state may be better than the other, but it's still all pile of violence, configured in a different way. Exactly. So how about no State then? They say that the difference between a Minarchist and an Anarchist is "about six months". The period of time in between is irrelevant. The point is that a lot of Libertarians end up going all the way once they start seeing reality for what it is.