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>When it comes to the question of how much of the money that I earn must be surrendered to prevent me from going to jail, the state is my adversary. The fact t
by ksk 11y ago
>When it comes to the question of how much of the money that I earn must be surrendered to prevent me from going to jail, the state is my adversary.
The fact that you earn anything at all, or that you don't get robbed, or that you have any property rights at all, is a function of the state. I'm sure you consider the state your ally for those reasons.
The state would publish a simple tax table, if people just followed it without going into legal word games and battles over verbiage and what the word "income" means.
>they all have the dual purpose of raising revenue and discouraging behavior that the state wishes to limit.
The state limits the behavior that they have been elected to limit. Occasionally, such limits get repealed when the citizenry chooses that they no longer wish to have that behavior be controlled.
- Floegipoky 11y ago>> The fact that you earn anything at all, or that you don't get robbed, or that you have any property rights at all, is a function of the state. The reason I earn is because I provide value for my employer. The fact that I don't get robbed, the same reason I have property rights, is a function of my readiness to beat the shit out of anyone stupid enough to try it. The state didn't show up to my job interview, and the state doesn't have my back when I'm walking the city at night. The best the state can do is not screw up my contributions to society or property rights- they are derived from my own self, not some organizational structure that humans came up with so we could survive without learning how to respect each other.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoWay too simple. We don't get robbed, mostly, because people are too nice (have been socialized) to not want to rob. Still, its based on our own selves, in a collective way.
- c22 11y agoThe state is the reason you only have to worry about getting robbed by entities small enough you could potentially beat them up.