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> Your current life is only possible because you are inserted in a society, it's only far you have a debt to pay society back. Sure, but at some point it start
by prottog 4y ago
> Your current life is only possible because you are inserted in a society, it's only far you have a debt to pay society back.
Sure, but at some point it starts to sound abusive, like a narcissistic parent telling their child that they and not the little child owns their accomplishments, because without them the child would not have existed.
The state, at least in the US, is supposed to work for you, the people. The burden of proof is on the state if it wants to tax more and expand itself. It needs to justify every penny of the taxpayer's money it spends. It simply cannot take the position that everyone's output is by default a debt owed to it, and by its grace alone are the people allowed to keep some of it. That's the talk of the divine right of kings.