<i>As I mentioned upthread, I think not everyone shares your view of state.</i><p>That&#x27;s alright. Not everyone has to share my view.<p><i>You seem to view the state mostly as an enemy, a higher power you need to fight to extract some goods for yourself.</i><p>I have to take exception to two of the terms used here. The state isn&#x27;t a higher power, it does have greater power.<p>I do not wish to extract anything from the state, I wish to maintain what is already mine.<p><i>Others, like me, tend to view the state as their friend, or at least a helpful entity with occasional personality problems, but generally friendly.</i><p>Like fire, the state can be a powerful servant or a terrifying master.<p><i>I don&#x27;t understand what&#x27;s wrong with this generation.</i><p>With all due respect, you do not know to which generation I belong.<p><i>I look around and see people hell bent on destroying the system that brought them up.</i><p>The system didn&#x27;t bring me up, my family did.<p><i>If you really don&#x27;t like state that much, move to Somalia, and let those of us who like it enjoy civilization.</i><p>I do not leave for the same reason that your love of overbearing government hasn&#x27;t lead you to move to North Korea. I like it here.<p>I&#x27;m doing my level best to keep statists from destroying this republic the way they did Somalia. I&#x27;d suggest that you learn how Somalia got to be in the condition that it now finds itself.<p>Here&#x27;s an abridged version of the events...
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