How do people become anarchists?

[BiPolarMoment]

I’m a quiet but fierce idelogue when it comes to the idea of voluntary transaction. My particular journey was hazy and short as I did not need a lot of convincing–the first step likely held the necessity of a state but that the size should be trimmed (to what extent was not known to me at the time). This was only a stepping stone on realizing the scope on which a moral standing of completely voluntary interaction implied.

I think there is an important clarification here:

@MaikU

What I think is that one of the most important things is questioning and understanding authority, meaning, which authority is “good” (voluntary, like in medical practice, for example) and which is bad (imposed by force).

Authority is not antethetical to anarchism–there are indeed many situations where it is respected and should be considered (though not used as an excuse for coercion). A stupidly simple example would be building your next computer–whom do you more likely trust for your decisions: the manufacturer, or a third party (e.g. anandtech) who has tested more options than would be feasible for you? What is a better illustration of division of labor than trusting those who are best at a given task?

[fakename]

Reply to the OP: Most people think they know, while others know that they don’t know. When applied to the workings of government, the latter become capable of understanding the possibility (if not the desireability) of natural elites and natural order, while the former are not so much wandering in ignorance but comfortable in false certainty and assurance.

[MadMiser]

Misean utilitarianism, as per Human Action: a large State makes everybody poorer in the long term. And, as per Hoppe and history, a small state will inevitably become a large state. Hence the only acceptable option, is no State.