I've also been to China and let me tell you, ALL of your problems come from The Communist Chinese Government. You are all very much enslaved there
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I've also been to China and let me tell you, ALL of your problems come from The Communist Chinese Government. You are all very much enslaved there
Almost everything you do affects others. The idea that you can do something that doesn't affect the rest of the world is ignorant. We live in an interdependent universe. Everything you do has consequences. However, everyone is ignorant to what will negatively affect others to some degree. For example, many people spit on the streets in China. It seems relatively harmless to do that and it isn't immediately causing harm to anyone. However, the bacteria in their saliva that's on the floor can be picked up by the wind and spread germs to other people nearby causing them to get sick. If someone smarter than them knew of this and told other people to stop spitting on the ground, the ignorant ones might say "who are you to tell me to stop?! I am not hurting anyone? Bacteria spreading from the wind? I don't believe that bullshit! You're infringing on my freedoms!"
This is so wishy-washy. You cannot clearly define what "causes harm" to others. Hate speech, offending people, physical fights, strength and conditioning training, surgeries and strict parenting all cause harm to people. Who decides which kind is appropriate and which isn't? The fact that we can't get a unanimous agreement in of itself will cause friction between people. And not only that, there are many people in the world that don't think speaking politely and rationally is the best course of action to persuading people. So yeah.
I am a Canadian living in China. I used to think similar to you when I was living in cushy Canada, but it is because of my lengthy experiences abroad that I realized despite how bad others may see a particular governing body, at the same time, it is suitable for their mentality. People have Stockholm Syndrome to a certain degree. Look a cases of domestic abuse where a woman calls the cops because her husband was beating her up. Once the cops arrive, you see that wife often times suddenly starts attacking the cops because she realizes that they are arresting her husband and he is her only support.
Humanity won't need centralized governments the day they stop serving their positive purpose and are instead replaced with someone else. That day is still far far away for most countries in the world. It may seem anarchy is the way to go for a bunch of people living in California or something, but if you stopped assuming that everyone that disagrees with you is just "enslaved" then you might finally come to your senses.
By the way, nobody likes paying taxes. Do you have a better solution though? I know anarchists are usually against paying taxes so what is a better way to pay teachers, police officers, garbage collectors and get funding for public projects?