"some will rationalize their slavery despite knowing that they will be better off when free"
I see this all the time, people will argue that it is right and necessary to be taxed to breaking point because we need government to take care of us.
For most, when you add up all the taxes, income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, property tax, VAT or GST and all the exorbitant fees (bribes) one must pay when interacting with a government agency or bank of any kind, brings total taxes and fees to 60-80% of income.
All because of an over bloated state that has grown well beyond its usefulness. I don't know if I believe in having no government considering the sheer size and scale of our modern population and civilization, but at least we could shrink it by 90% and rethink, or in some cases remember what a government could and should be. A governments role should be only to carry out the will of the people, nothing more nothing less.