Thank you for your service! I love you, and I respect you and your opinions! If I may…

1) Your bad experience in the army is valid, but is not an argument against the benefit that an army gives a nation. Without a military, your nation and its borders are not safe.

2) All federal transportation does not fail. Also, the fact that it currently is being run poorly is not an argument against it existing in general. Even if you never use it, you benefit from it.

3) you do need diplomats in other countries. Countries do not exist in a vacuum, and they need ways to communicate between themselves. We call the people that do this diplomats.

I suppose I am a bit of a minarchist, so if that’s a statist, then cool I guess. My thoughts are thoughtful and in good faith though. I don’t see how or why they are gross. Definitely not anti-American as the first thing the founding fathers did was build a government, a “state” if you will.

I’m open to having my mind changed though! Let’s drop the name calling though, it’s really not necessary. Why can’t we just drop the egos and be open minded? I’m willing to change my mind if you can convince me!