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> I think if you don’t understand that already, it’s likely I can’t help you understand either. But expressing your reasoning here doesn't have to be predicate
by ghostwriter 5y ago
> I think if you don’t understand that already, it’s likely I can’t help you understand either.
But expressing your reasoning here doesn't have to be predicated purely on your percieving my capacity to understand it. You could just express it in a token of good will. I've switched three countries with three different languages so far. Coming from one of the currently non-existing Soviet states, I think I've got a pretty useful cultural and political background to understand and see the real difference between welfare- and small-government states than most of westerners by birth out there.
- alkonaut 5y agoI'm just one data point, and I'm all for a large-ish government and high-ish taxes but I'd be happy to answer a concrete question if you have one. Was it approximately "why would anyone vote for higher taxes to fund a larger state", was that correct? You should be able to find around 50% of the people around you ready to vote for that (regardless of what the current tax level is!)! That was my point - given that's basically the position of half the humans around you are you seriously wondering that, or is it rhetorical?