608 sats \ 18 replies \ @Lux 28 Feb \ parent \ on: Why a company should adopt bitcoin's lightning network & the problems it solves bitcoin
If you pay taxes, you're a criminal
https://www.probityco.com/
I mean, if you truly believe that, go right ahead. Stop paying taxes, and when you inevitably end up in court, go and try to make that argument. If you succeed, I would genuinely be happy for you (along with many more people, as that would establish a legal precedence).
But not everyone can take that chance because of the downside in case you fail to convince the court of your argument. See, it's hard to feed your family when you're in jail and seldom few people are willing to sacrifice their loved ones on a principle.
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So you rather support war, genocide, theft... because of what, fear of the unknown?
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I don't support any of these things. I think the government is extorting money thanks to its monopoly on violence, misallocates resources and delivers services of poor quality. I'd be happy to see as many government agencies replaced with private ventures as possible.
That's the Theory. Now Theory meets Practice, so to speak.
If I stop paying taxes, I go to jail (this is certain, not unknown) and my family suffers.
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I gave you one way, here's another
if you don't see it or don't get it, i don't have time, sorry
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Do you honestly believe that your advice is useful to, say, a citizen of China and will set them on a path to freedom?
Because there's a whole world outside of the likes of US or UK.
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That is your point where you fail to understand:
- citizens = must pay taxes, they already signed the contract, they are the slaves
- sovereign individual = do not pay taxes, they do not sign any contract with the gov (CORPORATION).
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I challenge you to put your words into practice. Go forth, create a corporation, proclaim it will not pay taxes and then show to the world that the government will indeed back down from exerting violence against this corporation. I'd honestly love to read about this in the news.
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how do you think I live?
Paying taxes and kiss gov ass?