Sugar taxes and how many are okay with it (And some thoughts it brought up)

I had a classic Reddit discussion where I found out what seemed like an obvious overstep of government (besides existing) about a sugar tax. Apparently some cities charge by the ounce for soda and other sugar drinks and this causes the San Francisco’s Costco to not stock any regular soda in their food court. I know it’s Reddit but it still amazes me how popular behavioral or sin taxes are supported. People are so willing to give up their freedoms.

I try to make some comparisons and show how this anti-liberty but Reddit is going to Reddit. I feel like these little examples and discussions can go a long way to getting people to think about liberty and the oppressiveness of government in general. Most folks don’t think about these sort of things and just go with the flow. It doesn’t affect them so they simply aren’t thinking about it, so find the little things that does affect them and perhaps it will get people thinking about the concept of libertarianism. I don’t think most folks go to ancap from liberal or conservative straight away. They often go to libertarian and then minarchism before they reach ancap.