I broke it down to the fundamentals: consent, right to enforce my own contracts, monopoly on violence, etc. Told him that I have nothing but disdain for the "go along to get along" types who have the intelligence to understand what's going on, but just want to make it home by 5:30 to watch football, etc.
He said he'd never spoken to anyone that thinks the way I do, and said that he was sorry to have riled me up.