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[Ivan Denisovich]

I'm glad that you aren't one now. I might understand people wanting limited gov (night watchman state in more extreme version) or low taxes but limited gov is a weak gov and thus of no use in safeguarding citizens from corporations greed (but still strong enough to look into people bedrooms) and countries being really good to live in aren't exactly known for having low taxes (though there might be exceptions). And of course there is world of difference between wanting low taxes and seeing taxes as robbery.

Yeah, it took a while for me to come to my senses. As a political philosophy, it actually shares the same major flaw as Marxism/Leninism -- it forgets the undying power of human greed to twist even the most noble of intentions.

You did and many don't so that's a success. Also I wouldn't ascribe noble intentions to libertarianism or Marxism-Leninism. In fact it's something that baffles me. I mean Marx did not write all that much about what communism will look like so there isn't much basis to ascribe nobility to it (I for one don't deem disappearance of state to be good) and yet people do so quite often, at least in my experience. In my view it's just some made up crap with platitudes thrown in (from everyone according to ability, to everyone according to his need) that was as possible to achieve as all people being strong like Hercules, wise like Socrates and brave like Leonidas. And basis for Soviet state religion of course which also don't add anything to it's supposed nobility.