The individuals aggressed against are already being aggressed against, and whether one votes or not they will continue to be so.

As long as individuals participate in ruling by mob decree, that’s true. However, I will not be aggressing against them, and that is a critically important distinction to my mind.

... if you can do nothing else, goddamn it, DO IT!

I think this is the crux of the matter for me: I see plenty of other things to do to improve one’s freedom than participating in “mob rulery”. I hate the phrase, but consider how much different—and I’ll go so far as to flat-out claim better—our lives might be if individuals worldwide were focused on reducing their “tax footprint” ... or their “regulatory compliance footprint” ...

Michael, now that I’ve vented on the subject I do intend to get back to keeping this a welcoming place for folks like you.