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Not sure I agree that taxes are theft. As long as the tax is reasonable, then it's not theft. Why do you think it is?

Taxes involve coercion. So by proxy any coercive action that forces you to do any act you otherwise would not do is immoral. Taxes are backed by the threat of forcing you in a cage (or worse death) if you do not comply with said tax. You do not get to protest, you don't get to vote on it, you don't even have a say. It's just "the way things have always been" so everyone just goes along with it.

If a thief steals from you, your own money, you'd call it theft every single time. But for someone reason a mythical thing called "government " comes and takes your money under that same threat as the robber/ thief its all of a sudden not robbery?

What makes the 2 different is when the thief gets what he wants he will normally dissappear and never be seen by you again. Government on the other hand takes your money buys things "for you" that you didnt want, tells you it's for your own good, then continues to follow you around to do this act for your entire life ensuring you is in your best interest to allow them to keep doing it.

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The Lemon Corkscrew 1y ago

We do get to vote though. One issue is that governments know how to bribe people: print money, give away money, people feel temporarily wealthier, vote government back in. Taxation could be an efficient way for a group of people who share similar goals/values to fund (at an economy of scale) services. Fix the money, fix the politics.

TK SuitCoin.exe 80HpW 1y ago

Voting is a farce. Always has been. No amount of voting makes a difference in the end. As whomeever you vote for is functioning from funds that are stolen (taxes) so therefore they face 0 consequences for any choice they make while in office.

The Lemon Corkscrew 1y ago

For sure, there are issues. I'm just not sure the alternative (no voting) would be better.

TK SuitCoin.exe 80HpW 1y ago

It would be infinitely better than now. If voting got us into the mess we're in now. Imagine if instead of people worrying about the next political pundits attempting to swindle themselves into office for another few years. That time was actually spent doing PRODUCTIVE things. Like inventing new things, creating art, music, podcasts.

Voting is AN EXTRACTIVE process. Its give legitimacy to a system in which wealth (private property) is taken from one group to be given to another whomever which got the most votes this season. If you believe people are dumb and ignorant and need leaders to be lead. How is it that you can choose that leader out of those same dumb and ignorant people and expect them not to be fallible in anyway?

The Lemon Corkscrew 1y ago

How do you incentivise productive behaviour? And by whose definition? One person's productive behaviour may seem like a waste of time for others. The incentives for politicians are wrong, thanks to fiat. Remove fiat, improve transparency and democracy is 100% more effective. Not perfect, but better than authoritarianism.