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True. I would still argue that they should get their priorities straight. Slavery is much worse than taxation and even mentioning them in the same context is no
by maxxxxx 8y ago
True. I would still argue that they should get their priorities straight. Slavery is much worse than taxation and even mentioning them in the same context is not OK.
- akvadrako 8y agoThis doesn't make sense. Slavery is obviously a particularly bad form of taxation.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI hope you are trying to be funny.
- akvadrako 8y agoNo, I’m saying that even if you think taxes are the only evil possible, slavery is effectively a 100% tax. So there is no possible sense in which it’s less bad.
- all2 8y agoThis isn't funny. I'd argue that it is true, though. Taxation, as an idea, is simply the idea of taking something from someone 'for the common welfare' (ie, other people's well being). Taking everything, including choice, (in essence slavery) could be called a 'tax' using the above definition. To compare taxes (as they are presently levied against any first world population) to slavery is quite a stretch, though.