Historically, every major anarchist/libertarian socialist movement was caught between the bolsheviks/communists on one hand and conservatives/fascists on the other and crushed by them. Namely the CNT-FAI in Revolutionary Spain, Makhnovia in Ukraine, and KPAM in Manchuria.
What if the mafia came to your home and forced you to pay taxes for protection and some services. They say that if you refuse you are free to leave. If you stay does that mean that you prefer the mafia?
Yeh ive heard some interesting things about Argentinas new libertarian president. I will have to research more.
The difference is that the mafia is outside the law, whereas right libertarians argue strongly for private property rights. So under their logic, you could see the country as the private property of a government. Just like right libertarians say a corporate piece of land is a private property of that corporation and you have to obey their laws on it. Therefore under their own logic, the government cant be invading your property rights as long as it acts within the official law, because you are a tenant/citizen of the government's property (the land/country).
No, this is a fallacy. Corruption is a separate issue. We cant say anarchy is a better model because people will “ultimately just break laws.”
Then do it. Go to another land and build a more prosperous society with 200 people.
No, humility and outlook are worldview choices. We are blessed to live in America. You are free to disagree and can take it for granted if you so please.
Force is the basis of property rights. Wouldnt it be safe to argue that goverments are also outside the law? Who determines who owns what property? Before the USA govt was established there were native populations on the land. Heck before any govt was established ever they had to kick off/ murder the native populations.
You think taxing people more will make healthcare in America better? Lol....yeh good luck with that. Just throw more tax dollars at a problem. That should fix it.
This is true. Me ranting aint gonna do anything. Complaining makes me feel like im making a difference but im not. Im too cowardly to do #1 so I will prob just end up doing option #2.
Not even a hypothesis; it is proven. America spends the most in the developed world on health care for below average life expectancy. I know US health care system a joke. That’s why we should have single payer. Higher taxes are a more effective use of health care spending than the current model of private companies stealing your premiums while refusing to pay for coverage. At least the government has an incentive to negotiate on the patients behalf.
You don’t actually believe this. Federal taxes pay for the military (the country’s biggest job program), highways, and redistributing money from the wealthy states to poor states.
At this point it just mindless ranting. Vote with your feet. Start that society of 200 people that you think is better than paying taxes.
No, he is correct. If you don't pay your taxes, eventually you will be subdued by threat of force. This is a fact of enforcing any law in a democratic society, the "majority" enforces its will through the threat of violence by the state.
It is not force, you have the choice to leave. Many do. Living in such countries, are agreeing to contribute to society. If taxes are voluntary the whole thing doesn’t work.
"This thing of ours."
I'm simply talking about staying and choosing not to pay taxes. Laws are ultimately enforced by bayonet. As far as I know compulsory taxation exists in every country.
It is an incredibly silly and disingenuous analogy. Lauren didn’t grow or hunt for her food. Someone else did it for her. She bought the groceries in the market. More accurate would be, “this is my cut for building the infrastructure- the water that allowed that food to be grown, the roads that allowed it to be delivered to the market, and that you drove your soccer mom wagon vehicle on go buy.”
I doubt the kind of person who really believes that analogy has the brain capacity to understand what youre saying, honestly.
