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You might want to consider reading my reply before you start spouting nonsense about right-wing forums, it might answer your question about why I chose taxation
by Yetanfou 6y ago
You might want to consider reading my reply before you start spouting nonsense about right-wing forums, it might answer your question about why I chose taxation as an example of something which is seen as normal in current society but might be seen in a totally different light in some imaginary future society.
It might help you understand that your rant is misplaced since my comparison only works because taxation is seen as something normal in current society. Had it been seen in the light you portray it the comparison would not hold.
- onecommentman 6y agoBeware the man of one idea.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoDude, I'm totally with you on the broader point (that things that seem normal today will seem bizarre in the future). However, I note that I didn't refer to HN as one of these "right-wing forums", rather I was speaking about financial news, which I would naively have expected to be more anti-taxation than a forum populated by people working on the fruits of a massive forty year defence project (the Internet/WWW). Like, I personally disagree with you that taxation will be seen in those terms, but given that both of us will (probably) be dead before such a matter compiler exists, it's probably a moot point. And by the way, my comment was not a rant (I don't think I've ever ranted on HN, to be honest, as tone doesn't come through well on the internet). Maybe someday we'll meet in person, and you can actually listen to a rant of mine (normally entertaining, even if you disagree). Anyway, taxation is liberty!