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Theft is the involuntary taking of a persons property, money, or labor. Taxation is the involuntary taking of a persons property, money or labor by government
by the_ancient 11y ago
Theft is the involuntary taking of a persons property, money, or labor.
Taxation is the involuntary taking of a persons property, money or labor by government
simply adding "by government" does not magically transform it into something other than theft...
Allow me to quote one of my favorite political philosophers
"The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat.
The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the road side, and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; and it is far more dastardly and shameful." --Lysander Spooner
- bryanlarsen 11y agoWithout society, you'd be a subsistence farmer. Are you a subsistence farmer? If not, then some of your income is due to society.
- the_ancient 11y agoWOW... What a false dilemma fallacy.. Further to believe that Statism, Violence Statism via involuntary taxation at that, is the only way to have a organized and functional society is just ignorant I am sure you believe Libertarianism is Dangerous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbNFJK1ZpVg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbNFJK1ZpVg
- bryanlarsen 11y agoJust responding with one reductio ad absurdum with another reductio ad absurdum, since you only seem to understand black and white.