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"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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What government services do you believe are worth paying for?

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In general: 1. Foreign policy and national defense 2. Protection of negative rights That's mostly it, though I'm open to smaller sub categories.

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Where does that put education and disaster relief? Public health?

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I generally think none of those above should be the domain of the government, assuming the government would have to violate the rights of of private citizens in order to take care of those goals.

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Given that you believe taxation is a violation of rights, the country you want sounds materially very unpleasant for its citizens, unless something like the Alaska Fund was floating them all.

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Generally, when people hear I want to abolish most taxation, they assume that there's no alternative. I really disagree; I think there is a good alternative, that would accomplish what the government does, but better. I think we'd be more prosperous than before.

7:41 AM · Apr 25, 2021

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I disagree, as a historian. Private versions of what are currently government services have been tried, and they failed miserably.

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You mean people giving freely to charities and mutual insurance funds because they decide for themselves that it deserves to be done? If so: It's like communism, it can only possibly work if the people have the mindset to make it work.

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I'd be a lot more inclined to believe there was a valid alternative if someone wrote up a plan, gamed it all out & showed how ppl would/wouldn't take advantage of it. This series tried a.co/dhZaNyl but as it went on it became more and more clear that it didn't work.

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And that solution is?

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On what basis do you believe this?

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So basically “Real” utopian libertarianism has never been tried before? I don’t think humans are built to function in large number near each other without collectivism. Without school or religion the fabric would crumble. Of course collectivism in all arenas is dumb.