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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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How is it theft if you benefit from living in a society with a government? shouldn't the libertarian logic be that an entity producing a commodity/service that "adds value" to society be entitled to profits/revenues. (1/2)

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This is a deep misunderstanding of how libertarians think about things. No, this isn't at all even close to libertarian logic.

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what was wrong? im ready to learn

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The concept of 'entitlement' is a bit weird; if you produce something, it *only* has value if someone else consensually chooses to purchase it. If nobody wants to exchange anything for it, then it has no value.

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If you're producing something valuable, you don't have to be 'entitled to profit' - you will just *get* the profit, from the people who voluntarily give it to you because they believe it's a worthwhile exchange for them.

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