Yes the State is an extortionist and if you are aware enough your moral system would lead you to explore alternatives really hard. For example preferring to per

Yes the State is an extortionist and if you are aware enough your moral system would lead you to explore alternatives really hard. For example preferring to personally try to be a Conscientious Objector[1] before buying the discourse of a guy with a tie that got elected in office to send you or your children to the front while having equity in the company that will get the contracts to rebuild the mess based on lies. Dying defending your freedom is something very very different to justifying others people killing based on assumptions of threat after a preemptive war of aggression [2] The only thing that can try to keep such an illusion consistent is Exceptionalism [3] which would magically give you self-serving moral superpowers. Extrapolate that a little bit and you will see how Exceptionalism escalates to some form Elitist Dystopia [4] [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_objector http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_objector [2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_aggression http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_aggression [3] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exceptionalism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exceptionalism [4] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia