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IOW "burn it all down". I never thought I'd see anarchists being called "Republican".
by markhahn 2y ago
IOW "burn it all down".
I never thought I'd see anarchists being called "Republican".
- krapp 2y agoThey aren't anarchists. They absolutely believe in the state and the monopoly on violence, and the legitimacy of their own power. They aren't even eliminating taxation - they just want to replace everything with a sales tax.
- hypeatei 2y agoThe things they want to burn down don't benefit working class people either, just the billionaire class that is surrounding Trump for the next administration (which includes the richest man in the world, Elon Musk) For as much as I hear about the "deep state" from MAGA, you think they'd want to actually address that by abolishing / reforming agencies like the CIA or NSA.
- bdangubic 2y agoEveryone who thinks that "deep state" is a problem in the United States should go to any country which does not have "deep state" (e.g. Russia, China...) and see how that works out for them :)
- legitster 2y agoTo be fair, Republicans have consistently opposed the income tax since the 1800s.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoMaybe, but Lincoln established the IRS and the first income tax (today's Republicans descend more from Andrew Jackson than they do from Lincoln, though).
- legitster 2y agoLincoln's tax was universally hated even within his own party and was only authorized for a few years to pay for the war.
- oysterville 2y agoI feel like a lot of folks who use the label "anarchists" don't really understand the concepts behind anarchism.