Pretty words for "take your stuff at the point of a gun, because we know better how to use it, even though you're the one who worked for it, but you can feel better about it because you at least got to vote."
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but you don't live in a bubble. you also benefit from the provision of public goods and services. it's the free rider problem.
99% of so called "public goods and services" should not be subsidized by the government at all. Please reference the give-a-shit matrix for why:
https://v.nostr.build/zdRXY.mp4
All credit to nostr:nprofile1qqstnem9g6aqv3tw6vqaneftcj06frns56lj9q470gdww228vysz8hqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcjgxv3n of course.
And of course, Milton Friedman
https://video.nostr.build/783f1d35bc81e67365b36df7fd8eead6b6930b09779786a30e0c218178f668fb.mp4
Awesome, it couldn't be clearer 👌
you should be careful of being so dismissive of the right to vote
The right to vote is great! It is far and away better than not having a right to vote for those who govern us. However, that is completely different from believing that having a vote means it is no longer theft when the government forces you to hand over that which represents YOUR spent time and productive energy, particularly in order to fund garbage you fundamentally disagree with.
given your context, what programmes do you disagree with and which ones would you be willing to help in funding?
