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I’m fine with calling them ‘monopoly rents’. Then we can have a meaningful conversation about what to do about them, if that’s indeed what they are. Tax-like,
by zepto 6y ago
I’m fine with calling them ‘monopoly rents’.
Then we can have a meaningful conversation about what to do about them, if that’s indeed what they are.
Tax-like, is not the same as Tax. Even saying ‘tax like’ would be better.
It’s still a dishonest politicization to call them taxes.
If we call App Store fees ‘taxes’, why don’t we also call healthcare premiums, or bank charges, ‘taxes’?
- pydry 6y agoAnd monopoly rents, being not impossible but still difficult to avoid are a lot like _____ ? It seems more honest than dishonest to me.
- emteycz 6y agoWill police come arrest me if I don't pay? No? Then it's not a tax. I was never ever stressed out because of a company's fees - I simply cancelled the service. I can't do that with taxes. Comparing these absolutely different experiences totally seems dishonest.
- zepto 6y agoYes that would be honest. But it’s not what they are doing. They are not saying it’s ‘a lot like’ a tax, the way you are. They are saying it is a tax. What they are doing is dishonest.
- dragonwriter 6y agoIt's called a metaphor; most people learn about them in primary school, I believe, certainly before getting out of grade school.
- zepto 6y agoOne of the things we learn later, is that metaphors can be used dishonestly.
- pessimizer 6y agoBut not in this case, since you think "tax-like" is better.
- zepto 6y agoYou think tax-like is also dishonest?
- pydry 6y agoStill don't understand why this is an example of a dishonestly used metaphor.