I never argued government should be smaller, I absolutely think it should. The goal should be to pay the least amount of tax possible. E.g. I think a sales tax is better than an income tax. I just completely reject the idea of anarchy (of any form) because it is a utopian idea which just doesn't wo...

68, yes. But that's not really very long, and they had other taxes. Income taxes weren't a thing in England either at the time.