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 I highly suspect his opinion about Covid would be very different after seeing it in practice. But the other things are generally sensible, but they also do not necessitate that he isn’t an anarchist.

Example: I would probably answer similarly, despite being an anarschist. But it’s not because I support the govt being in control of these things, it’s because I think we still lack the technology to truly secure these things *against* government. I think liberty is ultimately a technology problem, and there are still many more parts of it to decentralize in both a physical and cultural sense. I think we will, it seems to be the indefinite march of technology itself, but that doesn’t mean I think the best course of action is to eradicate everything tomorrow morning.

That said, Milton was pretty open in being a minimalist. So I’m not disagreeing. He clearly was. Still think he was brilliant and i envy his incredible ability to explain things. I hope to be as clear as him one day.