I feel like I'm in crazytown when I express distress about taxation - literally people forcibly taking away your property - and ppl act like I'm the crazy one. Sure, you could argue that this forcible theft is worth it, and I'll respect that, but it's still not crazy to be upset.
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Society wouldn’t work if the government couldn’t use force... how would you stop someone else from taking over your property without violent bloodshed
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It is consensual. You could leave the US if you don't like it. The deal in the US is that you get to make an extraordinary comfortable living benefiting from the society that your taxes pay for.
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I view this as I am making a comfortable living *in spite of* taxes. Society has managed to grow *in spite of* taxes. Imagine where we would be if we didn't have that burden!
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Don't listen to their bullshit. They take your money and waste it, pour it into a black hole. You are right to be resentful. If you don't pay they will take you away.
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It’s ok to be upset about that. The key is to realize that it can’t be any other way. If you find a place where it can, someone else will come and make it so it can’t.
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imagine how native americans feel.
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But the only reason you have “property” in the first place is because you are part of a system (a country) that has laws that define property and a government and courts and police and soldiers who protect and maintain the system.
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Your property is *your* property in large part because of the government. Your property rights, especially in the US, are maintained by the military, police, judicial system etc. I don’t think it’s as simple as trading of consent or value
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To a degree, you are correct. However, there is well documented Gov waste, especially at the Federal level. $3T for a “infrastructure” bill?The fatal flaw w/our gov system may be granting Corps 1A rights. Unmitigated lobbying & Machiavellian politicians are not a good mix.
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