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The difference being that apple earns its own money which we have volunteerly given to them for iphones. Royal titles etc. however are from taxpayers money a bi
by KorematsuFred 8y ago
The difference being that apple earns its own money which we have volunteerly given to them for iphones. Royal titles etc. however are from taxpayers money a bit like US aid to other countries or subsidized housing etc.
- kbenson 8y agoApple's money comes from money we have voluntarily given them to own one of their phones and to be part of (and actually we are then forced to be a part of) their market, since only Apple approved software can run). A government's (a monarchy is a form of government) money comes from taxes from people who wish to be part of that system and benefit from the security and markets it provides (otherwise they can leave. Sort of. But in the past they likely could), and they are limited in what they can do because the government enforces the rules. It's not totally dissimilar, in my eyes.
- anth_anm 8y agoTaxpayers money like the 10s of billions apple stashed overseas until they (and others) managed to lobby for massive corportate tax breaks? Before someone gives me the standard "don't hate the player hate the game" speech. I do hate the game. It's fundamentally broken and I think we need to do a 2.0 version.