You're on a totally and completely different page than I am. My claim is that governmental structures lead to mass suffering and death. Size does not matter in this factor; it could be small and oppressive or large and oppressive. My argument has to do with the nature of the institution itself. The problem is, then,…

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Centralized, federated governmental structures have facilitated the worst degree of suffering, death, and despotic abuse of power in our species' history, without fail. Never has any nation, including the US, begun with benevolent intentions of an established state "of the governed, for the goverened, by the…

It would most certainly, almost definitely do so after a period of time, if not immediately - due in part to the very nature of centralized governmental structures. Why is that idea so hard to grasp? I don't want to call you a retard back, because that's rude, but I have a feeling your thoughts don't go much deeper…

The author of this opinion piece sounds, to me, like an over-all emotionally fragile indivdual. If he cannot emotionally seperate violent entertainment from real world violence in such a way that it affects him on nearly the same level as a real-world associated event, then there's a very good chance he has some…

Best response I've heard yet. This is not the type of thinking that many people do. Kudos.

Globalism equals total and complete tyranny, not just simply tyranny itself. If you find that you can in no way consent to the policies and actions taken by the state under which you are governed, well... too bad. You decide to speak aloud that you don't want a part of the system? Well, can't you really go anywhere or…

I also suppose it isn't fair to a child to expect them to let go of the idea an all-encompasing, all-providing (stealing) centralized authority with the monopoly on force and coercion either. It's incredibly fallicious and illogical thinking, but as long as you think you're safe and ritgheous, I suppose such a system…

Nine feet tall? That's a space marine height in terminator armor - MAYBE... Your standard space marine is 7 - 7 1/2 feet tall and three feet wide at the chest, and about 8 feet tall in power armor. They're giants, but they're not THAT giant (excepts for the primarchs, of course, who are 12 ft +). And, like you said,…