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Was not familiar, read the TL;DR just now. On a long-enough time-frame, most things are going to be inevitable, at least in some places. You'd still want to delay being a slave as much as possible though. The moment you acknowledge a constitution, and need to rely on one to protect your God-given rights, you're well on your way to being a slave. The moment a central bank is created, you have rulers and slaves. > Besides that I was more thinking about the philosophy, strategies and consequences of becoming "state repellent". I think a lot of it has to do with making it expensive for the state to control you as the guy in the video said. I have mostly researched this from an investor point-of-view, but should definitely do some Game Theory and write about my findings. Maybe the book that analyzes the Zomia region is a good starting point ( "The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia" by James C. Scott ). "Government is nothing but men acting in concert. The Morality and value of Government, like any other association of men, will be no greater and no less than the Morality and value of the men comprising it. Since Government is nothing but men, its inherent 'authority' to act is in no way greater or different than the 'authority' to act as individuals in isolation. Government has no 'magic powers' or 'authority' not possessed by private individuals. Let he who asserts that Government may do that which the individual may not assume the onus of proof and demonstrate his contention." - Chris Lyspooner Bruce Maguire has recorded some great podcasts on this and adjacent topics. This one is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mItF4Oc1m-g