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Indirectly is sufficient. You're paying for it to happen.

• johnisgood 2y ago
  Yeah, but try not paying taxes. :/ You pay taxes even when you buy products at the grocery stores, too.
  • renewiltord 2y ago
    Indeed. Hence "just following orders". Ultimately, I don't believe in this kind of strong culpability but it's clear the people who claim they do don't either and just bring it up when convenient.
    • johnisgood 2y ago
      Do you have any solutions?
      • renewiltord 2y ago
        Yes, have a moral philosophy which does not lead to total contamination across the interaction graph. It’s okay to pay taxes into the US Government even if some representatives of it act poorly.
        • johnisgood 2y ago
          But you said "Indirectly is sufficient. You're paying for it to happen.", when I was talking about taxes. What if I have a moral philosophy but my taxes still go to whatever is we are being against? I am indirectly paying for it, but it is coercion, IMO. The "vote for someone else" does not play here, another head of the same dragon.
          • renewiltord 2y ago
            I was taking that position to illustrate that moral contagion inevitably leads to a declaration of everyone being immoral. Therefore, moral contagion is not a useful differentiator between people. Reductio ad absurdum.