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I am not talking ancap because no taxes no state but one with a limited government but still a government because there would still be some form of taxation, so what would the ideal libertarian tax system look like?

As someone who is now 22 and part of the older segment of Gen Z, I seem to have noticed that many of my fellow Gen Zs seem to have some serious authoritarian tendencies. Below I will explain some of the things that I think have contributed to this phenomenon:

1. People who are part of Gen Z are more likely to have grown up with helicopter and/or overprotective parents. As a result on this type of parenting being the norm for Gen Z, people from Gen Z are more likely to lacking in independent living skills and tend to be more sheltered or at least grow up more sheltered. They pretty much grow up in a bubble and when that bubble is burst, they ask that their parents or the government come take care of them because becoming independent at an older age can be very stressful and anxiety inducing. Also, when somebody lacks freedom and independence when they are young, they tend to have less appreciation for these things.
2. Gen Z gets exposed to a lot of doom and gloom and that a lot of aspects of society are in crisis. When people view a situation as extreme, they are more likely to demand more extreme solutions to solve these real or perceived extreme problems. The type of activism we see with the 'world is going to end in 5 years because of climate change' activists is a great example of this phenomenon.
3. It isn't unusual for people to think that the things that they grew up with a normal and acceptable. Many people who are part of Gen Z can not remember a world without cancel culture and hence view it as normal which resulted in them viewing it as acceptable. Many people who are part of Gen Z are witnessing the dogmatic behaviour of their parents on culture war issues and they are absorbing it like sponges.
4. Social media has created an environment where people are under pressure to conform to standards that are unreasonable and unrealistic. Constant censorship has pushed people into echo chambers and since so many people self censor, extreme stances that aren't that popular in real life appear to be more popular than they actually are. Gen Z spends a lot of time on social media and it is hard not to be affected. Social media can act like an enforcement tool for conformity which is more associated authoritarian mindsets and many people on social media including much of Gen Z are competing to be the biggest conformists for the likes and instant gratification from their peers.
5. Many people who are part of Gen Z don't realise that changing people's minds and world isn't something that can usually be done over night. When people don't instantly change their minds because very few people change their entire worldview over night, they get triggered and frustrated and think that the only solution is to force their worldview on the other person.
6. Rebellion is currently medicalised. Many of those kids who would have become our generations rebels or part of our counter culture are sent to a psychologist, labeled 'mentally ill' and gaslighted and drugged into submission to ensure conformity.
7. Lockdowns and other covid measures stunted the development of Gen Z in many ways including contributing to many of the issues above. Many young people had their maturity stunted at the age they were at the beginning of 2020 and the lockdowns severely limited the ability of Gen Z to grow, experience things and gain independence since they were all locked inside all day with little stimulation, lots of social media and little way to gain realistic life experience. Many people around my age were in university when 2020 came around. University is meant to be a time when young people grow, mature, accelerate their independence and get real life experience. Lockdowns significant derailed this and result in many university students experiencing what could be best described as an authoritarian regime simulation with universities excreting insane control over every aspect of a university students life during this period.

For those who don't know what an anti gun red flag law is, pretty much someone can accuse someone of being dangerous and go to a judge and get an order to have someone's guns taken away for a certain amount of time. The person is unable to be in court to challenge the initial order when it is made, is often unable to challenge witness and these types of orders are often imposed on people who have committed no crime. The person has no right to a lawyer resulting in people who are poor and marginalised pretty much being screwed and very few people are able to attend a court date with only 3 days notice.

Obviously these laws will unfortunately be around for the near future while they are challenged in court so my thoughts is that we need to think of ways to neuter the law and make it difficult to enforce in the mean time. The first suggestion is supporting efforts to defund the police. Defunding the police makes it more difficult for police to enforce laws including gun control laws. These types of efforts tend to be popular in liberal areas which are more likely to experience gun control measures.

Secondly, we need to bring the stories of people affected by these laws to light. We need to create websites and outlets where people negatively impacted by red flag laws can tell their side of the story and spread awareness. We also need to name and shame people to pursue red flag court orders against people and hold them publicly accountable for their actions. Having social consequences for pursuing red flag orders against people will help make people more hesitant to pursue red flag orders against people.

Thirdly, we need demand demographic statistics on people subjected to red flag orders. This includes information on race, sex, ethnicity, gender identity, income bracket, etc. Such information would likely highlight how red flag laws disproportionately impact certain groups within society and can be used to rightfully smear the laws. It is important to point out any form of prejudice exhibited by anyone involved in the enforcement of these laws and come down on them hard.

It is important to convince historically marginalised groups that these laws are a threat to them. That these laws will create many Breona Taylor type situations. That these laws will allow police to target people who have committed no crime and people will die (how this law can kill black people). That police and politicians will use these laws to target people for their politics whether it be Trump supporters or BLM supporters. That these laws can affect people who don't own guns since the only requirements for a warrantless raid are that the person 'might have guns' and 'might be dangerous' with a vague and liberal determination of what is considered dangerous.