I read "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau[0] in my early twenties and have been miserable ever since.
"I heartily accept the motto, 'That government is best which governs least' ... But, to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government."
This line of reasoning is so strange, like government is some sort of alien being, not an institution of the people, for the people.
Taxes are how you buy civilization. Voting is how you decide what sort of civilization you want.