The true problem can be seen in the following statist symptom: When you explain why government is invalid and immoral (which can be done in the most obvious and irrefutable way within the span of 10 seconds) they reply by citing how much it’s “needed”.
So right iff the bat we have distegard for morality and logic (therefore truth), and an inability to follow a thread of thought. Need does not address validity or morality AT ALL - not even a little. Total toddler-like brain fail.
Plus, of course, it’s not even true because government doesn’t aid any of the needs they’re worried about (as you’ve said above).
But the inability and/or unwillingness to THINK clearly is the whole problem. Statists are staggeringly bewildered. It’s a miracle that they can do anything without killing themselves - that’s the level of abject brain-fuck we’re talking about.
This bizarre discrepancy could not occur naturally. A small child is bad at stairs, but equally bad at everything else. As it gets smarter, it gets smarter across the board. A person cannot be a successful engineer, but be unable to figure out how to tie his shoes - unless there was something unnatural at play. A purposefully-imposed blind spot, put there by coordinated and relentless mind control.
Then a genius in physics - or even philosophy - can be unable to comprehend “taxation is theft” when it’s exactly theft, without any significant obscuring qualities. Yeah, the stolen money is used (in part) for overpriced, inefficient services - but so what? That happens after it’s stolen. This is a childlike inability to discern - like not recognizing your dad because he’s wearing a hat.
This is largely what I’ve been trying to address in my posts as well - thank you for speaking the message of truth.