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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Most of, but not all of. Do you think we need a stable currency? How could it exist without institutions? How could you make sure only those benefit who pay for it voluntarely?
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You are joking right, or do you just not have any meaningful understanding of history?
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You need a control mechanism to make a stable system of society. What if it cannot be done without the force you despise? Maybe you could exchange it for a different kind of force. Would it be better? Matter of taste.
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It works with little actual force because the threat of force is so clearly implied. An alien looking down on Earth would marvel: "somehow, most of society (including
@Aella_Girl) pay a lot of money to the government without govt. goons breaking into their houses and taking it".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Most taxation also doesn't use force, only the threat of it. But this is true of lots of things in society: stores work very well because you will be met with force if you just grab stuff you want and walk out, banks work because you will be met with force if you rob them, etc.
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Taxation does seem to differ in an act/omission kind of way - you don't have to do anything to be met with the threat of force except earn money - but this doesn't seem all that important to me, given that I have no choice but to e.g. use grocery stores (and thus face threats).
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