Tremendoustie, nothing you've written changes anything I've said. You, like most anarchists, are trying to paint me with a broad brush and accuse me of wanting to steal your property, blada blada blah!
You do support forced taxation, do you not? Precisely what form of taxation do you support?
You, like most others, can't point to one single country that has successfully achieved your brand of freedom in a longlasting manner.
Name one country prior to 1000 that did not include the systematic use of slave labor. There were very, very few even as late as 1700. In fact, people defending slavery made that very point in the U.S. Here's one:
“The institution of domestic slavery exists over far the greater portion of the inhabited earth. Until within a very few centuries, it may be said to have existed over the whole earth —at least in all those portions of it which had made any advances towards civilization. We might safely conclude then, that it is deeply founded in the nature of man and the exigencies of human society.”
– pro-slavery apologist William Harper, in 1852
Moral awakenings, by definition, are new. Shouldn't the place where we start really respecting human rights and liberty be the USA -- even if on a small scale in a limited area? Are we going to be the caboose or the engine?
That is because, as I have said all along, all systems, even anarcho-capitalism, minarchy, voluntarianism, etc. rely on the scruples of the people.
This is very true, and a good point.
You are head-butting human nature with your philosophy and all that is going to do is give you a headache. Why? Because humanity hasn't even come close to being able to handle what you propose. You want the baby to run before it can even crawl.
Your recognition of the problems is accurate.
That's why I support gradualism. I fully believe in working to restore the constitution. But, I ultimately recognize that even the constitution violates basic moral rules.
I want to teach the baby to crawl. But the goal of teaching the baby to crawl is that it might one day walk. That is what I want you to recognize. The goal is walking. That's WHY we teach the baby to crawl.
Look around you! We're heading toward global governance and you're browbeating people who aren't on board with your philosophy. I think you anarchists need to get your priorities straight.
You're an ally, no question about it, and liberty is better off because of people like you. I absolutely hope this country returns to the constitution, and a great many more people come around to your position on it. I am sorry if I browbeat. It's hard to tell the truth in a diplomatic way, especially on this issue, and especially since I'm so passionate about it.