[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

I guess I'm a minarchist, or extreme libertarian...but you can just call me Henry.

As I see it: the only real reason to have 'government' is to encourage people to mind their own business and keep their hands to themselves. Sure, gov (just hired hands, proxies) should act as final arbiter in contract dispute, and provide a certain degree of resource management, but -- mostly -- gov should leave people alone, and strongly encourage folks to leave other folks alone.

That is: gov, on all levels, should be minimal, distant, mostly silent, and narrow.

And we, the 'governed' should never let our servants, the 'governors', forget they're just employees with lent and limited power.

As for what applies to me, it's the same as applies to everyone: 'mind your own business, keep your hands to yourself, or else'.

No time to leave a reasoned response just now. But it should be an interesting discussion.