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> the further we replace the spirit of charity with an impersonal, dysfunctional system of coercion This is a pretty dishonest strawman on many levels. First,
by goodpoint 4y ago
> the further we replace the spirit of charity with an impersonal, dysfunctional system of coercion
This is a pretty dishonest strawman on many levels. First, taxation-based disability support is "spirit of charity" at scale.
Second, local charity is not mutually exclusive with disability support and talking about "replace" makes a strawman.
Third, local charity is in no way guaranteed. Something happens and suddenly charities run out of funds and disabled people can die of hunger.
- daenz 4y ago>First, taxation-based disability support is "spirit of charity" at scale. I invite you to not pay your taxes and watch what happens.
- goodpoint 4y agoAs an individual? I would be coerced to do so - as it should be. As a society? Societies are perfectly free to decide to stop taxation.
- daenz 4y ago"Society" is not some autonomous external being that is free to do how it pleases. It is composed of individuals making decisions. If the decisions of the individuals are coerced, then the society's aggregate behavior is coerced. Even if you could make that argument that coerced individual decisions could result in non-coerced societal decisions, you need to consider the entire implication: society is being "charitable" to itself, which isn't charity, it's selfishness. Charity is giving to others. So your point is nonsensical on multiple levels.
- goodpoint 4y agoNice trolling.