Government = Violence

I like to keep things simple. I also like to get to the root of issues.

If you don't pay your taxes, you will be forced into a cage where, if you are male, you are at risk of being raped.

I have things I need. I willingly, voluntarily pay for them. I don't have any problem paying for things I need. I don't need to be forced to pay for the things I need. I'm sure you feel the same way.

The government, however, is forcing me to pay for certain things that it has decided it will provide and makes it illegal for anyone else to compete with it (roads, electricity, protection, etc).

Threatening to throw someone into a cage who has not violated anyone's rights is every bit as violent as a thug in the street holding up a pedestrian for his money. The thug is being violent. So is the government.

It's a shame that society thinks that it is necessary to organize itself around violence. Future generations will look back at us today in the same way we look back at the days of the Spanish Inquisition.