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 Voluntarism vs Statism

The people might voluntarily support a philosopher king like Liechtenstein or hopefully El Salvador. 

The original design of the United States gave veto power to any single State on all federal laws. 

Otherwise Liberty will be found only in the sovereign individual thesis. 
 What he said.  
 Define "my" and "people". 
Or rather, by who's consent is the "my" status given? If everyone has opted in, then you're just describing a voluntary community, not a nation. If "the people" are just defined by who happens to be (stuck) living within a national boundary, well then some of those people are not going to want your enforced Spartan protection. 

Basically: nationalism borne out of statism is hostile bullshit.  
 Nah. Nationalism = jackbooted "just following orders" F'ers. Libertarians just need jobs so they can afford to shoot.  
 Nations should not be willfully erased through wars or other flavors of invasion... Then again, if you're stupid enough to vote for it, maybe your nation deserves to be erased from history. 
 Sounds like some statist bullshit to be blunt. Governments, armies, and war; which are most of the untimely deaths on the planet, are only possible if regular people are dumb enough to blindly support them.