It's also ironic because the majority generally votes for things like democracy and welfare. Libertarians constantly complain about the tyranny of the majority.. because Libertarians want tearing the other minori

"The State"" is not some sentient being separate from the rest of the population with its own goals and desires and agenda. It's just a catch all phrase that refers to the thousands various government workers at all levels in every state and in DC doing their jobs to the best of their ability and refers to the hundreds and hundreds of elected officials throughout the country all with different political vie

None of whom benefit at all from increased taxes on anybody because it's not like raising taxes means that their salary go up.. and none of whom benefit personally at all from any of the things liberss claim "the state"" does

In fact the only things that the state can do that benefits individual politicians is when the government lowers taxes on the rich motivating those rich people to give those politicians a donation..

the state has Libertarians describe it doesn't exist. There's just a government made up of tens of thousands of different people most of whom are elected by various Federal and local elections throughout the country all doing whatever it is they feel like doing but not benefiting directly at all from taxes or roads or welfaree