Thesis: taxation is theft Antithesis: ownership is theft Synthesis: neither of those are theft. renting is theft.
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Replying to @myrrlyn
Ready to get fucked up? Adam Smith consider rent theft and hated the idea.
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Replying to @mgattozzi @myrrlyn
maybe naive, but I kind of imagine that a lot of enlightenment folks would've come to different beliefs after seeing how liberalism ultimately failed to fully realize their stated ideals. this was pretty much Marx's basis for Marxism.
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I mean. America is working exactly as intended. A small few really hold all the power. It's why it's a republic not a democracy. If anything I think they'd be more inclined to go harder on liberalism. It's not like they didn't know about Rome or Athens and their failures.
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republicanism is a technical implementation of a democratic society, which we *arguably* had in 1787 but *certainly do not* now. while the little-r republican delegation of power is the avenue of exploitation, it is not inherently the failure of our society
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as trumpism has shown, direct democracy is just as susceptible to the same attacks as a republican structure, because both rely on a liberated, educated, and well-linked civil populace. it is the corruption of our society, and destruction of our economy, that festers fascism
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Let's not forget to add a dash of good old fashioned racism
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As American as Apple Pie
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