I can relate completley. I always knew I was an anarchist. In high school I was lucky enough to have a very pro market economics teacher. At the beginning of the class I was in support of a minimum wage but by the end of it I was full fledged capitalist.
I always had an edge over my other classmates in my ability to quickly grasp concepts. I just "got" the free market and I ran with it. But unlike my other classmates and teacher, I took the concept of the free market to its logical end; If less central planning is better, then no central planning is best. If the government that governs best is the one that governs least, then the best government is the one that doesn't govern at all.
But did I call myself an anarchist then? No.
You see, societey taught me that I was young and had no idea what I was talking about. I was just going through a 'phase'. I was just a rebel. A young idealistic fool. And so, after my critical thinking skills were suitably crushed, I became the next best thing: Libertarian.
It wasn't until I found the internet that I found others like me. I discovered I wasn't alone. There were others around me out of the matrix with the ability to see things in terms of reality and not just fancy words that justify immorality. Example: Governments are abstract concepts. What is 'real' are people with guns who take your money.
So damn right Kentactic. Fuck uncomfortable thanksgiving dinner conversations. And fuck going along to get along. I'm not going back in the matrix. We will firmly plant our flags in truth and we will not be moved unless convinced by reason and evidence.
