Statists and PVN

First off, I don't want anyone to go away thinking I'm some Chomskyite anarchosydacalist. Truth be told, I'm still trying to figure out where I stand on a lot of issues regarding the state and it's legitimacy. My ideas on a lot of things are nebulous and I'm still trying to get them sculpted. Now that that's out of the way...

Obviously, work cannot get too bad for me because there are laws in place to make sure I'm not exploited 100%, but I think it's severely intellectually dishonest to claim that work contracts made between someone in poverty and someone with the power to feed them or keep them starving a bit longer are "free" contracts. What Chomsky pointed out is that without a leash the invisible hand will turn into the invisible 300 pound rottweiler. Work contracts in an AC society will be about as "free" as they are for me now, minus protective laws, and these 'contracts' would dissipate into even more unbalanced power and oppression. Someone else here called this an "ad hominem" attack on AC. Hypothesizing the effect of an unbridled invisible hand and coming to the conclusion that it will be horrible isn't really an ad hominem attack. Although I am open and willing to seriously chew on the defenses of AC.

Whenever a statist tells PVN that he is free to leave, he points out that he shouldn't have to move because of our tyranny. I put forth that if he can call all work contracts free, regardless of the extreme power imbalance between the parties, regardless of starving children, then statists can tell him to move rather than having 99.99% of the country change their ways for him. One intellectually dishonest statement deserves another.

Boro, I live in Oak Park, Il., a suburb just west of Chicago. I moved here from Georgia after college because I figured the job market would be better. Holy [censored] what I wrong.

Like I said, I'm more than willing to listen to the arguments for AC. I've got some anarchist leanings, so it's a nice change of pace. However, I don't want to hear tripe couched in phraseology like "jackbooted thugs." It's a total turn off and whenever I find myself agreeing with you guys someone eventually coughs up a hug