Great post. I followed a similar path into the rabbit hole of individual liberty. Bastiat's "The Law" and Spooner's "Natural Law" hooked me and made me think things I had never imagined. Have you ever read Étienne de La Boétie's "The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude"? If you haven't, oh brother! Check it out at https://mises.org/library/politics-obedience-discourse-voluntary-servitude.