For years l've said that the principles of libertarianism, self-ownership, and leaving people alone were always intuitive to me, as if I was
"born" with them. From a young age I saw some of the logical inconsistencies in the arguments for statism, and indeed for authority in general. And after becoming an ancap, looming back and knowing the kind of person I am, I see that it was only a matter of time before I would become an anarchist.
Ive been thinking lately and realizing that I'm probably a little autistic or neurodivergent. My logic sensors have always been strong, and logical inconsistencies really bother me. I think, speak, and view the world pretty literally and have a hard time believing in imaginary things like authority. Social hierarchies don't register with me. My mind sees them and goes "fiction; imaginary; no basis in reality." I have an individual-centric psychology and don't like to be part of a group very much. I value truth and don't care if a social group falls apart as a result of one of their beliefs being debunked or dismantled. I constantly question everything and believe things based on evidence, not faith. I have a strong innate sense of justice and have always been deeply offended seeing someone get taken advantage of just because they're smaller, weaker, or less powerful. If someone tells me they don't want to do something, I never push or nag (also happens to be the reason I didn’t last more than 3 months at a sales job because they wanted me to bully people into buying things). I think all of this has culminated and contributed to my anarchist awakening.
I'm not going to say that I never fell for any of the statist lies. Like most people, I was also brainwashed to some degree or another. I believed in nations, I vaguely believed in "the common good" and an ideal worldview that's the same for everyone. But over time, through the acquisition of knowledge and a development of rational thinking, I abandoned those beliefs, and I think my neurodivergent tendencies helped increase the likelihood of such an awakening.
So I'm very curious to know... are you neurodivergent? Has libertarianism always been
"obvious" to you? Was there always something about statism that never made sense?