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 While the system is legitimate in terms of its ability to affect our lives, it’s illegitimate in a sense because we’re all subjects of involuntary authority. 

If the world were to reset I think we should strive for voluntarily governments with fairly easy opt in/opt out mechanisms 
 Being subject to involuntary authority is human/animal nature.  
 Ehh animal nature, sure. I’d argue humans have the ability to rationalize & id say that sets us apart as it pertains to involuntary authority hierarchies

It’s probably a spectrum thing. Over time, I think we should strive for 100% voluntary interactions