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Except if you provide a useful service people want to exchange money for then you made society better off even if you don't pay any taxes ever. This is obvious
by bluecalm 6y ago
Except if you provide a useful service people want to exchange money for then you made society better off even if you don't pay any taxes ever.
This is obvious yet so often missed by the "rich people evil" rhetoric.
If you think people are enriching themselves unjustly focus on fixing those mechanism instead of punishing those who make the world a better place for everyone around them.
- otikik 6y ago> if you provide a useful service people want to exchange money for then you made society better off even if you don't pay any taxes ever Society will be even better if you do that and pay taxes. > If you think people are enriching themselves unjustly focus on fixing those mechanism instead of punishing those who make the world a better place for everyone around them. The purpose of taxes is not punishment. Consider that maybe it is you who is fixated into the wrong thing.
- bluecalm 6y agoYes, I was specifically arguing against the point "you extracted money from the society and therefore made it worse off". This argument is often raised and it's based on the idea that if you make a lot of money you're somehow exploiting others.