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>!Without the state to at least enforce laws, enforce property rights, and physically protect you, there wouldn't even be any wealth creation. This is the kind
by tosc 4y ago
>!Without the state to at least enforce laws, enforce property rights, and physically protect you, there wouldn't even be any wealth creation.
This is the kind of minimalist state that libertarians would agree to. People talk about robbery when the state is spending money on arbitrary things.
- kwhitefoot 4y agoArbitrary? Or just things they don't agree with?
- tosc 4y agoArbitrary in the sense of non-essential things that governments spend other people’s money on. The fact that most people don’t agree is why tax is taken by force.
- kwhitefoot 4y agoThat's not what arbitrary means. The fact that someone is spending on something non-essential doesn't make that spending arbitrary. Lipstick is non-essential but that doesn't mean the spending on it is arbitrary. I'm quite confident that a lot of thought goes into pretty much all government spending, even if a proportion is misguided, counter productive, and non-essential.