Quote (mki @ Dec 6 2019 07:40pm)
You explain it to me, it's not my responsibility to go read the article.
That taxation is theft.
Which is clearly is a flat out lie.
If I am legally required to pay taxes and I don't pay it, that's theft.
You been tricked into believing the exact opposite of what clearly is objectively true and you have failed to provide any reasonable explanation or justification as to why you would state something that is a lie.
What's really happening here, is that large corporate donors of fossil fuel companies have paid a lot of money to feed you a talking point, that makes no sense and isn't supported by either major political party.
They have done this completely out of their own personal interests, which is to avoid taxation, even though those industries are heavily subsidized by US tax payer dollars through grants.
So they want you to pay them money for their services, pay taxes to subsidize their business, and then have their business be tax exempt.
From the perspective of their business, this is just smart money.
From the perspective of any sane individual, there is no logical conclusion that makes any sense other than that you have been tricked.
Which you have.
Because once you start believing nonsense like "taxation is theft," you're going to be way more open to their rest of their neoliberal policy ideas that haven't done the average person in American any good.
Which is what you are...
An average American...
And there you go with the personal insults, so this conversation is over.
Extremist bootlicker extraordinaire declares keeping your own money is theft, declares its an objective fact that its theft, and claims anyone who says taxation is theft is lying.
If you disagree with him them you have been tricked by some evil rich people who only care about money or you aren't "sane".
Really intellectually rigorous analysis there.
Can he address the points made? No.
Just presupposes if you have a different position you are lying and objectively wrong and goes on a basic bitch rant of anti-rich anti-capitalist tropes, impugning motives rather than challenging ideas. Pathetic.
Ooo he said the evil fossil fuels and corporate donors!! Scary!!
How could anyone honestly believe that people forcing you to give them your money is theft? Really crazy stuff guys!
The government owns you and your labor so it cant be theft! duh!
This post was edited by cambovenzi on Dec 6 2019 10:15pm