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I don't own a car, avoid plastic, avoid amazon, eat organics, often shop local, used, etc, etc. But not because the government tells me, but because I feel compelled. Of my own accord.

Yes. I would love labels that gave full provenance of an item. Your list is great. But I see, like what we saw in France, the government justifying more taxes in the name of saving the earth.

Again, great intentions. Just not the people I trust to handle my money, or really anything for that matter.

On the contrary it's frequently argued as one of the cornerstones of civilization.

If someone is knowingly harming others, most people would probably agree that activity should be curtailed. That's not really authoritarianism, it's securing a prosperous future.

Really? That's what your stand for?

I'm not familiar with any doctrine of individual freedom that holds sacred dumping garbage into a river which everyone relies on and treating our atmosphere which everyone uses like a giant toilet while flipping everyone else the bird as some inviolable right.

That's one of the real world issues with the property based libertarian philosophy. Nature, animals, plants, fires, pollinating insects, floods, the weather, none of these give a damn about who owns what property on paper. We have to treat it and care for it all collectively, there's no other way. I know it's hard but it has to be done.

Unfortunately you've been brainwashed into thinking the government is the only entity equipped to fix these problems. When in fact they're the ones ensuring the problems continue. And idiots like you continue to support these false choices given to you by the government. And you probably continue to pay for it with ridiculous taxes. Thinking 'yea, they'll fix it'.

Get over yourself. And your virtue signals. Realize 90% of the population wants the same things as you.