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Fallacy:

"If you don't like it, why don't you leave?"

Response:

The most thorough response is Walter Block's Books/Secession which explains that since freedom of association is an individual right, and individuals and their property came first, they have a right to withdraw their association and consent from the state while remaining on their own property and making whatever voluntary arrangements they wish. (DBR)

The state is fiction—it does not exist. You cannot see borders on any unretouched satelite image. You cannot be "within" the state in the first place, so there is no state to leave. (DV)

(The counter-question for statists:) If you love the government and the military so much, why not move to North Korea? You will be right at home. (DV)

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-The most thorough response is Walter Block's [[Books/Secession]] which explains that since freedom of association is an individual right, and individuals and their property came first, they have a right to withdraw their association and consent from the state while remaining on their own property and making whatever voluntary arrangements they wish.
+The most thorough response is Walter Block's [[Books/Secession]] which explains that since freedom of association is an individual right, and individuals and their property came first, they have a right to withdraw their association and consent from the state while remaining on their own property and making whatever voluntary arrangements they wish. ([[DBR]])
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-The state is fiction--it does not exist. You cannot see borders on any unretouched satelite image. You cannot be "within" the state in the first place, so there is no state to leave. ([[DV]])
+The state is fiction&mdash;it does not exist. You cannot see borders on any unretouched satelite image. You cannot be "within" the state in the first place, so there is no state to leave. ([[DV]])

(The counter-question for statists:) If you love the government and the military so much, why not move to North Korea? You will be right at home. ([[DV]])