INDIAN LIBERTY REPORT @ilr@librem.one

@Neeneen @dearthofsid it is in the long run. We can begin by keeping it for the minimal functions of the state : defence, internal security, judiciary. Maybe some wealth redistribution for very poor people, but that's a slippery slope

@Neeneen @dearthofsid as for "democracy", an individual's true agent or "representative" is always subject to that individual's orders, can be dismissed at any time and cannot act contrary to the interests or wishes of his principal. Clearly, the "representative" in a democracy can never fulfill such agency functions

@Neeneen @dearthofsid in the condo case you went in with eyes open and knew that the board was subject to a particular voting process which you accepted.

@Neeneen @dearthofsid the reason the "leadership" fails is because there is no exit from the system. If ur condo owner does a bad job you can stop paying him and leave. That gives him an incentive to do a good job. No such incentives for bureaucrats because there's no exit from taxes.

@Neeneen @dearthofsid exactly, so it was voluntary and not by coercion. If you thought it wasn't worth it you would have moved out. Nobody would have forced you to keep paying. That's not how taxes work.

@bull500 we dont have that option on this instance

@dearthofsid @Neeneen

Yes, classical liberals were anti-estab and so are we. We agree with chomsky on the evolution of liberalism and we DONT subscribe to the Freidman school because we believe, just like Chomsky the "anarchist", that the State should not exist at all. If u dont have a state you cant have taxes so problem solved.

Where Chomsky is in trouble, in our opinion, is that he doesn’t understand economics. Or rather his economics is Keynesian whereas ours is Austrian.

@dearthofsid @Neeneen

Also, PLEASE see this lecture in your free time. Given a choice we’d rather concede on taxation than on fiat money :

https://youtu.be/SAN5CKbZnD0

@shivam_janus_bahuguna@mastodon.social @Abiriba oops ok @Abiriba could you dm it on tw pls ? Thanks

@dearthofsid @Neeneen socioeconomic inequality is a fact of life. If anything it is increased by things such as minimum wage laws.

Before taxes and welfare were such a big thing, the less privileged were empowered by private charity. In fact mandatory taxation reduces the incentive for charity.

But the crux of the problem of inequality is not taxation by the way, it’s fiat money. Check out the graphs here :

Www.Wtfhappenedin1971.com

@Abiriba this ia a dm

@Neeneen @dearthofsid what if i own the place where i live and use my own resources ? Have you heard of allodial title ?

If im using somebody elses resources of course i need to pay that person. But that’s a voluntary transaction, not expropriation by coercion.

@dearthofsid @Neeneen

True. That’s why we like to call ourselves classical liberals.

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@dearthofsid

Here’s the argument. Change our mind.

@NevaStopXplorin forget ram and sita, whatever happened to the gold in our coins ? :D

#GoldisGodsMoney

@Feignshourie "healing touch" = "bail out"
#LetItBleed

@me what’s libertarian socialism

@Kaavyanag what he means is "bail out"