I was growing ever more weary of the state sometimes seeming to do what I wanted, and then seeing it do things like go to war. I grew sick of the ongoing debate as to what the government should really be doing about this or that.
I voted liberatrian and green party for a long time, and I even voted for John Kerry (I totally got caught up in the "anything but Bush" furvor).
Then came Ron Paul. I supported his campaign for a while, then eventually read Rothbard. I sudden;y found myself free for the first time. My mind felt the sweet breath of statelessness, and it was grand.
Then came the discussions. I find myself still WAY too preachy, likely because to me it seems like a no-brainer to reject a system of aggression. I've been in many debates that cause akward silences and people moving away from my table, so to speak.
What can I say, I need to take a breath and mellow out, for sure, but I have friends who say they'd look away from murder if it wasn't as bad as what the last guy committed, and I find that really disturbing.
Statist depression led to markey anarchy, more or less.