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[–] LovableSidekick 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Okay but you could also lock people in a room full of water and say you're not forbidding breathing. Technically the truth, but not if we're being honest. Using the law to make something impossible is forbidding it. Taxation doesn't address the belief that the big bad gubmint is stealing something you earned. I think the underlying problem is way more complex to solve by just doing that. We have to get rid of the scarcity mentality, a survival trait that will take a long-term effort to eliminate. We're probably talking multiple lifetimes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Taxation isn't theft, you get loads of things back. Roads, police, (in functional countries) healthcare, fire departments, military to protect against invaders... If you're rich it's easier to pay more, and you should

[–] LovableSidekick 1 points 10 hours ago

Yes, I'm not arguing that taxation is bad. Looks like we're having two different conversations so I'm gonna just bow out.