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Actually, I wasn't arguing anything. I was simply pointing out that if a large group of people get together and make a decision about what type of society to live in, there will be unhappy people.

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Only if some people are forced to participate. If it's all voluntary, who's unhappy (except for the people that only want to tell other people what to do)?

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Simple enough. For instance, you're one of those people. People with your opinions make up an incredibly low percentage of the population.
The same "Fare thee well" can be used on ACers. Get together, go off somewhere, and (not) govern yourselves.

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This assumes that some overlord's desire to tell me what to do trumps my property rights. That's oppression. If I have to leave my property to get away from someone else, I'm oppressed.

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The vast majority of people don't see taxes as Big Brother holding a gun to their heads, and they're more or less happy with the system. We want government. We like government. Some feel they need government.

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Like I said, go for it. Just *do not force your system on others*. It's not oppressive until you cross that line.

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I'm really trying to understand AC because it sincerely intrigues me. I just don't see the point of telling a bunch of people that they're oppressed when they clearly don't see it that way. You obviously do.

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Again, I don't really care if someone else wants to pay taxes. The fact that they like paying taxes does not justify forcing someone else to do it.

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You're in the same situation as the person(s) that didn't want to be in the AC society, only difference being you have an oppressive gun to your head. What's to stop us from saying the same thing? Get together and go somewhere else.

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Except you don't force anyone to be "in the AC society". You simply don't force *anything* on them. If they want to put construct some arbitrary framework, they are free to do so. They don't even have to "go somewhere else" to do it - they can do it on their own property.