Were you ever told as a kid to do, or *not* do, something? I'm pretty sure we all had that experience. Was the only reason provided ever just, "because I said so"? Probably, on occasion. And I'd wager that never really seemed like an answer. 

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Perhaps there isn't time for a long, involved conversation to explain the intricacies of every situation to a curious child, but good rules need reasons, not just "because I said so," and you probably recognized that yourself as a child. Appeals to authority should be something we recognize as wrong on an instinctive level.

Now, as adults, we are treated in the same infantilizing manner by politicians. "Do as we say, because we said so, *or else."* But now, we are adults. Presumably, after twelve or more years of education, we should have *some* capacity to understand the whys and wherefores. But no, the State consists of people who demand unthinking obedience.

Our parents presumably had our best interests in mind. Ideally, they are stewards of our lives and liberty as we develop into adults capable of weighing matters and taking responsibility ourselves. But governments did not birth us. Governments are not in any way our guardians. Governments are usurpers with false authority.

"Because I said so" simply doesn't cut it. Neither does, "But it's the law," "Well, that's what the Governor decreed," or any other variation on the same theme.

Rediscover your inner toddler, and start asking, "But why?"

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