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There is nothing generic about it. It is the truth. If it were generic we would not still be slaves today. Plus Graham would not have to explain to people how t
by drummer 6y ago
There is nothing generic about it. It is the truth. If it were generic we would not still be slaves today. Plus Graham would not have to explain to people how they get robbed.
- dang 6y agoBy generic I just mean that it's a grand abstraction that people repeat a lot. Such discussions are repetitive because there are only so many things to say about anything that grand and general, especially on the internet. This leads to discussions that are predictable and quickly become nasty, and we don't want those kinds of discussion here. "Taxation is theft" is not just an example of this, it's probably the most classic example, at least on the right. (The left has its, too.) https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22taxation%20is%20theft%22%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- drummer 6y agoIf you're going to frame it as a left vs right problem then you will probably get the nasty discussions because the whole left vs right, or, rich vs poor, etc. etc. framing cause division and conflict which is what the puppet masters want. This is simply a matter of stating the obvious truth that most people are afraid to state. Even Graham in his article fails to call the problem by its actual name: theft, robbery, extortion. This prevents whole generations of learning/realizing the root problem and seeing clearly what is being done to them. This is not a left vs right issue, it is a human issue. Everyone is now being exploited like slaves because of what Steve Jobs called "the system". Taxation is part of that system. We should be able to talk about it without fear of discussions becoming nasty or else we will remain slaves for a far longer time than necessary.