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There are two basic arguments to "taxation is theft".
- No its not, its taxes which by definition isn't theft.
- Its necessary for us to have nice things.
People will come up with other things but they are just rewording of these two.
The first is silly to me. The second is admitting it is theft and just saying well... we have to do it.
My main opposition to taxes is actually that it is an antiquated idea that leads to conflict like all theft. Its mainly that I personally am being robbed. Most productive people are being robbed. The larger crime is what we are missing if we would reject this as a culture and embrace markets and personal responsibility.
Cutting off PBS and NPR was part of Contract with America, 1994, Newt Gingrich
If only they had gotten it done then
Nothing ever happens. This is my main problem with the "trust the plan" vibe.
I've been around. I've heard big promises. I will admit Trump has delivered on some things more than others but it's done more to prove to me how entrenched the deep state actually is than anything.
Most political figures don't even want to do anything. They just want to to appear like they are trying. They don't have to show results and if the results are bad it rarely comes back on them outside of an election which is really not a big deal.
If Trump or the powers end up doing good I'll be pleasantly surprised. I'm just highly skeptical
The freakout over Trump “gutting our institutions” would make you think he had gone further than rolling back the last few years of expansion.
The truth is... all peoples who think the government, any government has the right to steal from one person and give it to another supports theft. They support violence. They can make all the claims that they are for helping the poor, those in need, promoting culture or national defense. As soon as it is NOT voluntary it is theft.
The only reason they don't feel bad about it is because it has been abstracted away from them. I have found that people just can't question certain things that the majority believe even if it is clearly wrong.
The argument goes, whatever that needs funding is vital. Weird how so many vital things around us exist because people voluntarily pay for them. They will say, well the poor would starve. Not if you and others like you voluntarily helped them. This is when the mask drops. They don't admit it but they are saying force is required because people are greedy and someone needs to make them pay.
Never mind all the grift that happens with tax money. Never mind the waste. Never mind the bitterness of the tax payer. The division making everything a political issue causes. Its the way its done.
Do people really want PBS? Yeah, many do. Do many people want USAID to exist? Yeah many do. If you really wanna make something rock solid and free of the risk of a Musk or Trump shutting it down. Make it private. Make it funded by individuals. Make it really democratic. If something is that important to you why would you ever want the state to run it.
The truth is, people haven't thought about this stuff deeply. They are just at the mercy of the systems of control. The old tired Internet meme is true. They are sheeple. Led to the slaughter. Pitted against their neighbors for no good reason that the desire of sociopaths to obtain power.
All the problems the state creates could be solved if we would lose this delusion. We are no where near that reality. Your neighbor is not your enemy. Your "Representative" likely is though.