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Theft is defined by law so no Tax is not theft. There isn't an objective definition of theft. No one owns anything by any other definition than what society or
by ThomPete 9y ago
Theft is defined by law so no Tax is not theft. There isn't an objective definition of theft. No one owns anything by any other definition than what society or the strongest define.
- atemerev 9y agoIn th natural/positive law debate, I am strongly on the natural side.
- ThomPete 9y agoWhat natural side? Where do you ultimately get the right to ownership from if not purely from your ability to fight for your claim to ownership? It just doesn't exist "out there"
- atemerev 9y agoSome arbitrary atrocities were made legal at some points in history. Were they morally more acceptable after that?
- ThomPete 9y agoNo. But society functioned better after we agreed to personal ownership. To maintain that though there is a price, that price is taxes. If you want to not pay taxes you either must take the punishment, fight to become the defining power of said society or move to somewhere you don't have to pay taxes.
- VMG 9y agoA person owns himself or herself. Slavery is immoral and wrong even where it is legal or was legal.
- ThomPete 9y agoNo they dont own themself there is no such thing in nature as owning yourself. It's something we have agreed upon over thousands of years but you don't actually own yourself. If you are the strongest you can stand for yourself but there is no natural law that prevents someone from making you a slave of them.
- throwawaymanbot 9y agoNo ones saying that in the law of the jungle that isnt the case. It's different rules there for sure. But thats why we have progressed to where we are today. Since We live in a western democratic civilization, and there are laws against that very thing, I'm not sure what you are trying to say.
- ThomPete 9y agoWhat I am saying is that the theft discussion is defined by society and the laws of society. So you can't claim that Tax is theft.