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142 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 11 Mar \ on: Taxation is theft is too weak. It's much worse than that libertarian
One of the important points about "Who would help the poor?" and other such questions is that the state wouldn't do it either unless there were public pressure to do so. That means, people want the poor to be helped and if our resources weren't stolen by the state, we could do so more effectively. Not to mention, that people wouldn't be so poor if they weren't systematically looted constantly.
Another point about "How would we fund _____?", is that we have crowdfunding in the private sector. The things people actually want could be funded through that kind of initiative.
Yep, two great points I love to mention if they don't close their ears.
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I don't usually make it that far, either.
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With every year that passes and the more observational experience I have, I've become convinced most people are afraid to think for themselves. I mean that exactly as it sounds. When they start to think in any way that is out of the scope of the allowable opinions they get nervous. Often they get angry when pushed to think in these ways. It is unsettling for them. I think "The Righteous Mind" does a fair job of explaining this but not fully. There is something deep in people that blocks them from free thought.
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Ostracism is death throughout most of human existence, so it's not really that surprising. Do you want to be right and dead or wrong and alive?
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Exactly. Even though in most cases this is no longer true the instinct for survival is deep.
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