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I see it more like: I own property. I pay the government a tax on the property or I lose it. I own intellectual property. I pay the goverment a tax on the intel
by beefield 10y ago
I see it more like:
I own property. I pay the government a tax on the property or I lose it.
I own intellectual property. I pay the goverment a tax on the intellectual property or I lose it.
I am not interested here to engage in a libertarian argument that all tax is theft or mafia type coercion.
- fnj 10y agoAll tax is organized theft, backed by irresistible force. You are welcome not to face that fact, but it doesn't change the truth. The only real opportunity for disagreement is whether that theft is justified. And, I suppose, we can play games with substituting another term for "theft". Perhaps "confiscation" or "seizure".
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoAll property (intellectual or otherwise) is organized theft, backed by irresistible force. You are welcome not to face that fact, but it doesn't change the truth. So libertarian views on this are pots calling the kettle black.
- ue_ 10y agoProudhon's "What is Property?" is a good read on this. Private property is theft from society.
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoAn obscure joke on this topic that's always tickled me though perhaps not objectively funny: https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/property-2 https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/property-2
- ue_ 10y agoHah, I like this.