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There certainly exist sane people who 'just want to be left alone to spend their money' but they don't arrive at that view for the same – subconscious or unspok
by thomassmith65 4y ago
There certainly exist sane people who 'just want to be left alone to spend their money' but they don't arrive at that view for the same – subconscious or unspoken – reasons as the groups I singled out.
- hyperman1 4y agoOne relatively common example: When your partner dies, the governement locks your account to make sure taxes are being paid. Then they take a few months of waiting time before handling your account. Hope you have enough cash to bridge these months. The law changed a few years ago because too much stupidity happened, but thing are still far from optimal. The grandmother of someone I know got actually stuck in limbo. The postal bank would not release her account until the gov OK'd it, and the gov wanted taxes paid before giving an OK. But the taxes could not be paid because the account was locked at the postal bank. The gov nor thecpostal office didn't care. After a year, her family paid the taxes, everything unlocked, and she paid back her family. Variants of this story afd not that uncommon. Live trough it once, and you don't want governemental bureaucrats having full access to your money.
- tb_technical 4y agoIf people support liberty for the wrong reasons, does it matter? Sounds like you would rather punish pariahs rather than strike back against mass government surveillance.