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Hello all, pretty new here, and I would like to ask for help from the community on a little project I am working on. Here is the basic premise; While the majority of people will say the support the idea of Government in their lives, they are in reality against the actual realities of Government in their own lives. My idea is to create a questionnaire/Survey about your average individuals Direct interaction's with the State and its agencies/agents/programs etc... to get (and give) a sense of how people truly feel about the State in their own lives. So my questions to you are these: What State agencies can you think of that your average individual is going to have to interact with in their own lives? What programs? The point of all of this is that I believe that most of us (both statist and anarchists) have pretty much the same general opinions about our interactions with the State (we feel frustrated, worried, scared, ineffectual, unimportant, etc...) and that barring a few positive Outcomes here and there we dislike the interactions. The point of this, is while so many people espouse support for a State society, I believe that many if not most, are actually against the State in reality, I mean how many people who are not currently being victimized by a criminal actually feel safer with a Police Officer standing over their shoulder watching them? How many people are eager and happy to do their taxes, or look forward to renewing a license? etc... And i think pointing out that for the most part these are the only direct interactions people have with the State may help them to understand the reality of State society, and understand (from a personal perspective if not a moral perspective) why we are against the State. So here are the State agencies/agents/programs etc, I have already come up with, (please feel free to add, and also if you want to throw in your ideas on what the actual questions about peoples interactions with these should be) Police School Licensing Voting Taxes Court Programs (welfare, food-stamps, state healthcare etc...) Jail/prison Border checkpoints Thats all for the moment (i know there are a bunch more but this idea just came to me this morning so is still in it's very early stages, all help, criticism's, or ideas are welcome!) Thanks to all of you who took the time to read and contribute, may you all have a wonderful day! Sincerely, Brandon Howe