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I'm not sure I follow this argument. I think I understand what most of the sentences mean but I don't see the logic that strings them together
by tdb7893 9y ago
I'm not sure I follow this argument. I think I understand what most of the sentences mean but I don't see the logic that strings them together
- typednothing 9y agoCould a rule like "Everybody must go up to the 12th floor, jump out of the window, and die." be part of morality? No, because that would be self-defeating. In the same way, demanding that people pay a tax but not fixing at all how much that tax should be, is a broken rule, and cannot be part of morality. Nothing will stop the ruling class from incessantly increasing the tax rate, if you accept the rule. Therefore, the rule must be rejected.
- tormeh 9y agoI found the logic somewhat appealing (if I understood it correctly): You should always pay as little tax as you can get away with, because the true dirtbags of the world certainly are. Since money is a form of power and power is relative, if you willingly pay more taxes than the dirtbags you are willingly handing over power from you to the dirtbags year after year. Eventually you will have contributed to a situation where only dirtbags have money/power and we will live in an equivalent of pre-revolution France. Man, is this a tragedy of the commons, but I get the thought process. EDIT: I see that my interpretation was wrong.
- gech 9y agoBecome a dirtbag, because others will too. Great.