I want to be left alone (2024)

Frankly, I feel just the opposite in terms of what 90% of the government does on a day to day basis.

I do want the government to continue maintaining my road and the network it connects to.

I do want the government to respond quickly when a water main breaks on Sunday morning.

I do want the government to maintain their fleet of emergency service vehicles.

I've lived in countries where these things don't happen, and no one there was happy about being left alone. I normally only see this sentiment from people who have never lived in places with truly dysfunctional government.

If you want to truly be left alone by the government there are places you can go to be where the government will not concern itself with you in any practical way (in the US if that's where you are, or internationally if that's more your flavor). What you will discover is that it turns out that it is very difficult to live in a place where you have to manage all of your own infrastructure and services.