Born in the USA!

If you're born in the USA, you get the US federal government. If you're born in California, you get California's state government. If you're born in Illinois, you get Illinois' state government. If you're born in Chicago, you get Chicago's city government. If you're born in Cook county, you get Cook county's government. If you're born in Hong Kong, you get Hong Kong's government. And so on...

Why does being born in a certain geographic area automatically place you under the rule of a government elected (or not elected) by other people? Sometimes you get stuck with multiple governments all claiming some kind of power over the land you walk on. Why must you pay taxes to other people or follow laws concocted by other people (sometimes hundreds of years before you were even born), just because of where you were born or where you live? What the hell does geographic area have to do with anything? What if I don't agree?

I can't even count how many times I've heard this.

What if I like where I live, but I don't like the government that was forced over me? Why should I have to change my location to change how or if I'm governed by others? Where could I possibly go where I don't have a government that lays claim based on geographic location? Does nobody else see a problem here?

It amazes me that people have a generally recognized freedom of religion, or freedom from religion in the United States and elsewhere, but the same can't be said of government. Imagine if being born in the USA meant that you had to be a christian, no choice in the matter. Your religion is chosen for you, because of where you're born. People will recoil at the very thought of this forced religion idea. That is why we have "freedom of religion" in the US, right?

Sorry, you are in America, so you have to be christian.

Imagine if, like governments, religions had claim over every single geographic region on the planet that was worth living on. What if you don't like the religion where you live? Where does an atheist go? Are they forced to worship some god or another, since everywhere you go there is forced religion?

I argue that government affects a person's life just as much as religion, if not more. So why is it we don't have freedom of government or freedom from government?

Think about how the US seceded with the Declaration of Independence. Some people talk about how the states have the right to secede from the federal government. Why does it take a group of people to secede from another group of people? Why can't one person secede from the whole mess?

It's about time people stop thinking of government as having the privelege of forcing others to obey because of where they are. You want a socialist government? Fine. You pay for it and you get the benefits of it. You want a libertarian government? Sure thing. You pay for it and you benefit from it. Just don't think you have the right to force me to do it just because I live next door to you.

You want a monarchy? Go ahead.
You can have your king or queen, just don't expect me to bow to them.

That's the way I see it.