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A response completely bereft of any logical argument about why taxation is "theft and slavery". Do you have any arguments that would support this assertion?
by dred_prte_rbrts 5y ago
A response completely bereft of any logical argument about why taxation is "theft and slavery". Do you have any arguments that would support this assertion?
- ostrophonics 5y agoit's a comment on a web forum, he doesn't have to reiterate the entire history of heterodox economics for you to be convinced its a defensible position. and anyway, it's quite besides the point since the economic argumentation is secondary to the observation that cypherpunks were an anti-taxation and anti-government - basically anarchist - subculture out of which crypto emerged.
- xkcd-sucks 5y agoI don't want to support foreign wars. I don't want to support foreign aid to countries that use it to conduct wars. I don't want to support incarceration. Yet, if I don't (e.g. pay taxes), I will be imprisoned, shot, etc.
- macawfish 5y agoCame here for this. It's sick to see how much energy and effort gets wasted on war and violence
- drummer 5y agoCheck out the book "The most dangerous superstition" by Larken Rose. You should be able to find a PDF version online for free.