I'm not going to engage in Actual Deep Political Conversation on HN, but I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for two things:

1. You're getting downvotes for reasonable requests after taking an unpopular stance, and I hate HN for that. I expected my little pointless bit of snark to be crushed but instead you seem to be getting the blunt end of public opinion here. That sucks, and you're right to want constructive criticism.

2. I (and you) missed a couple of talking points, actually: 'monopoly on violence', 'fruits of labor', and 'coercion/taxation/etc is slavery'.