We're in slightly different camps because I'm leaning towards the pragmatist type that you hate.

Meaning that I wouldn't mind government that much - and don't mind the idea of government that much - if worked as advertised. Or at least worked in a very specific way. I think violence is a good problem-solving method in certain cases and with certain individuals.

Jeff Berwick hasn't initiated force against me, but if given the opportunity, I wouldn't mind to whip out my retired blue belt in BJJ and roll with him a little. Simply because he's a scammy asshole. And I don't like his face.

I used to be exactly like you. I was a very idealistic libertarian. And I dig the fact that you still are - especially since I can tell the passion comes from a very good place.

That's why I like to read and listen to your stuff; because I still want to believe in libertarianism and voluntaryism. After all, voluntaryism is the most consistent and ethical moral framework.

It won't just work itself out automatically, though. A voluntaryist society would probably the toughest model to get functioning and rolling. Something that it would, in my eyes, require is a mutual respect among all of its habitats towards the idea of self-ownership and freedom.

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.

Something like the Seasteading project that I still follow from time to time.