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Does it matter? It's still money taken by force.

• flunhat 9y ago
  That's how all taxes work??
  • nickpp 9y ago
    Yes, and that's what taxes are: money taken by force.
    • drostie 9y ago
      This position is not indefensible but it is hard to defend: it implies that you could not possibly construct a state of comparable complexity to modern governance if the topmost layer were a libertarian paradise. But that position is very implausible. If you can construct a model of a state then you can easily analogize to whatever that is, instead of theft.