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State just knows to increase taxes and do war. No, thanks. Let people flourish in peace. We need liberty to grow as individuals. Otherwise, we're going to end
by henvic 6y ago
State just knows to increase taxes and do war. No, thanks.
Let people flourish in peace. We need liberty to grow as individuals. Otherwise, we're going to end up having only crony corporations and statism.
- andrepd 6y agoThat's a very silly way to look at it. Corporations extract value from society. Why shouldn't they pay back what they owe? And the state has democratic control and oversight (ideally at least, much to be improved). Corporations are completely unaccountable.
- missedthecue 6y agoIt is peculiar to me how people view what a company does (accepting mutually consensual payments in return for valuable life-improving products and services) as 'exploitative', while taxes, which are in economic terms what's called rent seeking, happen to be some universal good. It seems you've managed to get things completely reversed.
- henvic 6y agoTo me too. Unfortunately this brainwashed view of the world is more common than anything else.
- aeternum 6y agoThat's a strange worldview, corporations are typically seen as adding to the value of a society. They generally become profitable by providing people a better alternative than a competitor.
- legolas2412 6y agoI as an individual add value to society. I generally become profitable by providing other people a better alternative labor/services than competing humans. Can I also get zero income tax rate? Can I also get the freedom of movement to move to tax havens and hide my existence and income in a web of different identities?
- aeternum 6y agoSure, if you get citizenship in the UAE, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, even Puerto Rico, you can avoid paying income tax.
- legolas2412 6y agoThat's my point. Labor doesn't have equal rights as capital