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...no external power has the right to
force you into the service of "society"

As a small 'l' libertarian, I back away
from this right away. Taxes are necessary
to fund the military for national defense.
Taxes force me to provide a small
portion of my service to society.
No taxes=no government=anarchism,
not libertarianism.

The fifth and final key test of anyone's claim to
being a libertarian is their support for an honest money
system

Baloney. This is gold bug nonsense and has
got nothing to do with individual liberty.
I find this article of litmus tests to be
a strait jacket for the aluminum chapeau
crowd. Count me out. I'm not this
kind of Libertarian.

Nolan:...no external power has the right to force you into the service of "society"

Gcruse:As a small 'l' libertarian, I back away from this right away. Taxes are necessary to fund the military for national defense.

I think Nolan basically agrees with you, when he writes:

In an ideal world, there would be no taxation. All services would be paid for on an as-used basis. But in a less-than-ideal world, some services will be force-financed for the foreseeable future.

This is gold bug nonsense and has got nothing to do with individual liberty.

He may not like money without backing, but if people want to trade it for goods and services, that's their decision. Yeah, this one is kind of silly as a pillar of libertarianism.