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Stealing is taking something illegally. If a judge takes away your license because you drive on the wrong side of the road, he isn't stealing it. If a mugger ta

Stealing is taking something illegally. If a judge takes away your license because you drive on the wrong side of the road, he isn't stealing it. If a mugger takes away your license because he's grabbed your wallet, that is indeed theft.

utopcell 5y ago
That seems to imply that whatever is legal is also ethical. If a law is passed that states that if your name is Jeff Bezos then you should submit 100% of your property to the state then it might be legal but it's still stealing. It seems to be that the first thing that poor people vote for when they get to power, is more money for themselves.
- anoncake 5y ago
  Of course they do, they need it.
  - utopcell 5y ago
    Full circle: How is that not stealing ?
    - anoncake 5y ago
      Taxation is not theft.
      - utopcell 5y ago
        I disagree. Taxation of the form that the parent comment suggested, where the same property that has been legally taxed in the past is now taxed again without having participated in the economy, is both unethical and theft.