I used to be exactly like you. I was a very idealistic libertarian.

I’m the farthest thing from an idealist there is. Maybe you mean something more like unwilling to compromise on certain things?

It won't just work itself out automatically, though. A voluntaryist society would probably the toughest model to get functioning and rolling.

I don’t see it that way. To the contrary, the way things are set up now is totally laborious, complex, and ultimately untenable. Not to mention murderous. On top of all of this, I don’t really care if it all works out for “society” as much as I want to see individuals afforded the basic dignity to be. I’m in it for me. I want to be as free as possible.

That's why I don't think it's worth the time to really try to persuade "statists" too much; voluntaryists should just build their own society elsewhere. The people who would move in would be people who already respect the idea of freedom.

You may have a point here. Although, I have seen a few converted. I was one of them, too.