You only had that property in the first place because of the infrastructure that past taxes created.
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An argument that justifies what rate of tax would you say?
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So you'd rather privatize public infrastructure and pay a street toll every time you walk outside your apartment? Do you think that would actually work out if everyone pays the same and either poor people cannot leave the house anymore or nobody pays enough to maintain it?
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I think you're failing to model actual incentives in this world. 1. likely building this stuff would be cheaper without government being influenced by corporate money 2. paying a street toll every time is inefficient/there's other methods 3. poor people still make roads elsewhere
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Think of it as paying for the infrastructure and society that allowed you to make that money. It may hurt, but it's a fair trade IMO.
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I'm okay with fair trades, I'm not okay with nonconsensual trades. My issue here is that it is *my* property taken *by force*, and people are trying to tell me "cheer up, it's a fair trade." I don't care if it's fair, it's still a violation.
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I don’t necessarily agree with the concept that everything you make is entirely yours. Us being part individuals, part integral members of a larger society is the proper way to look at people. Taxation is a physical manifestation of that. We aren’t just atomized individuals
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Yes we are You believe this because people have trained you to believe living free is selfish The only collectives which have any real value are those you choose for yourself When people are forced into collective thinking it is more often that not used for evil
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Income taxes is akin to slavery, with government saying it owns your body/labor for 3-4months/yr all because you exist and born into a system of exploitation.
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Unlike slavery, no one is forcing you to work, which is a big difference if you think about it
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