The liberal/libertarian hatred for tax and arguments like "tax is theft and immoral" essentially aids the regressive taxation that exists in the neoliberal world. It's nothing but a push to sustain the status quo and can't be seen as championing the ideal of liberty.
@ilr @dearthofsid aren't you consenting to be taxed when you earn money/use resources of the place where you live? Like...how does this not make sense?
(also I did think it was a very rw/conservative thing to not want to be taxed. Liberals believe in tax being theft is news to me!)
@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 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
@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