I had a discussion with an individual I respect, who, upon learning my views on the state, (and I thought I presented them ever so clearly and gently this time), challenged me to "find [him] one state level person or group that [has] used 'aggression and coercion' and [is] not in jail because of it."  I listed the IRS, FEMA, DoE, DoT, DoD, Homeland security, etc.  To this he laughed and suggested I loved conspiracy theories and should look for "the Enquirer, Star, and so on" at the grocery store.

Ouch.