"If you don't like it, move to a different country; you implicitly consent by staying here" is an argument I hear a lot from people when I complain about taxes, but is mysteriously absent when I complain about things like the drug war or bad policing
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Most of the people opposing the drug war are focused on other reasons (util outcomes regarding poverty and crime, race). So I think Harry’s point still stands that the consent question is inherently not salient in that issue vs when you explicitly argue about consent of taxation
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Not inherently salient* not “inherently not salient” Fwiw I think “just move” is a really bad argument too but it feels like you keep circling around to and refuting those same arguments without really engaging with the other (imo more valid) reasons to be pro taxes
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The idea of taxation to fund a government is, perhaps, a fundamental necessity of the social contract. To deny the validity of taxes, in some ways, negates the idea of a social contract completely. This isn't true for debates around drug legalization or bad policing.
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Without a government (which needs to be funded somehow), who/what’s going to enforce these property rights?
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