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"It's like mugging because it kinda looks like it if you ignore all context" is not a convincing argument to that effect though.

That doesn't mean you somehow have a right not to be taxed.

Corporate taxes are on profit, not turnover. So if you pay higher wages, you already pay less taxes.

Yeah that's my question. An additional tax break seems like double dipping for the company.

You aren't mugged. That's just nonsense. If you have a contract that entitles you to an income, that income is already subject to taxes. The same is t...

Except, the state doesn't do that, the state has democratic legitimacy and the state is the institution establishing property as a right in the first ...

Why would you need to give companies a tax break for paying the minimum wage? Wages are always deducted from taxable profit anyways. Assuming you pay ...

The radiant rainbow rescue association strongly opposes this proposal. The majestic appearance of the rainbow clearly outweighs any negative feelings ...

That seems contradictory to me. If the mutual respect is already a human tendency, then enforcing it wouldn't be "coercion". You can only coerce someo...

Isn't that just a theory? Why use the specific name of a currently much discussed phenomenon if that's not actually what you want to talk about? Have ...

It's all a very elaborate joke. God actually made the universe entirely deterministic, but set up it's starting conditions so some assortments of matt...

There has been a lot of debate around this in recent years, for obvious reasons. Some people advocate to not use the term conspiracy theory at all, an...

But that's just equality. If the pay is based on competence and qualifion, then the pay is equal. That is what equality has always meant.

Yes? The operative term here is still "equality". Had I meant "the same outcome", I'd have said so. Equality of outcome is meant to signify that we ar...

We seem to understand the term "equality" in different terms. The formula for equality I'm used to is "treat irrelevant differences the same and relev...

Those would be the internal motivators, no?

Sounds reasonable to me. Any area where you care about having equal outcomes is one where you probably want to avoid having external motivators like p...

The thing is, it really bothers me that I cannot find a good argument for why it should matter. It seems like it clearly should matter, but it's hard ...

Obviously I'm not just talking about what I care about in an emotional sense. This is a philosophy forum, I'm asking how to address the problem from t...

Does it? This is a serious question. Why do we care about the ultimate survival of humanity? For one, as long as we don't figure out a way to get arou...

I agree. I didn't want to argue that it isn't, only supply an analysis for why we see heightened identity conflict. That would perhaps be a natural co...

Assuming this analysis of science is correct, does it follow that science is bad? For one, the notion of humanity without science is incongruous. Whil...

Given the amount of incidents while driving that I can only describe as attempts on my life, I personally welcome our new robot overlords.

Disclaimer: only do this if your car is faster than other cars when driving onto the freeway.

As sci fi, it kinda does. But it's a decent fantasy story.

I think what we're witnessing here is the end of Utopia. If you believe that no truly just society is possible, what remains is only to reinforce the ...

It's unfortunate, then, that there isn't a system that would spread wealth to everyone so you could collect this sum from people, rather than having t...

Sigh, and and back to the evangelism. I think it has been pointed out numerous times to you that, if your plan can really work within capitalism, all ...

Well, both sides have their scapegoats. Inherently there's nothing more substantial to blaming "liberal elites" or "indoctrinated students" either. Yo...

I'm saying there is no one course of history that is more "natural" than any other. History is a thing that exists inside the minds of sentient creatu...

I have not, but then I'm not caught up in some ideological straightjacket. It is indeed, because communism would imply there is no "ruling" at all. Th...

Ants and bees don't "cooperate" in the way that humans do. Ants have no concept of the entirety they're a part of. They simply do some task. An insect...

There is no such thing as a "natural" curse of history. History is a human conception. The "unnatural" - that which is created by a self-aware awarene...

And that, according to you, is unrelated to the actual intent and result? I.e. it's always the same blame, regardless of your reasons and the result? ...

Well, I'm not saying it's necessarily what a moral realist means. But from an epistemological position, it seems equivalent. A naive realist says the ...

Isn't this also true for the scientific method? We know it's true because it works. It cannot be checked against anything other than its utility. If t...

I think both these points go into an interesting direction. Just how do we morally balance a bunch of increases to comfort and quality of living to th...

Can there even be a "proportional" response, in the traditional sense of the word? What I mean is, given the overall situation and the history, how co...

I think the conclusion here is right, but perhaps your analysis is a bit one sided. It's not that the left is simply bad at articulating a rival narra...

Basically, the reason I am asking is because there seemed to be a trend in this thread, where all questions concerning interaction between the individ...

Based on post-election surveys, Piketty argues that what we're seeing in Western democracies is the breakdown of the old left/right class structure in...

Science is also a social activity though, and as such when it's subject is relevant to an ongoing political conflict, the science itself is also polit...

This view isn't compatible with the evidence. There were significant Marxist movements around the world, united by a shared vision. They were occasion...

Is it? It sounds like more of the same to me. This is true, of course. As influential as it is, neoliberal ideology would not have been sufficient to ...

Everyone's opinions are influenced by feelings, and everything that affects real people is political. I'm not a fan of casting your own view as a-poli...

Such categorical statements work, but the larger the category, the more relevant information is lost. It is true that every wage earner "sells themsel...

Any coercion is also a transaction and can be framed as a mutual agreement. If there is something I can coerce you with, that implies there is somethi...

We need to somehow define coercion, force and aggression with respect to all kinds of freedoms though. Most of these terms, if they are used in a lega...

The problem I have is with imagining how the interface between individuals functions based on individualism. Ok so noone interferes in "your affairs" ...

Bodily autonomy and freedom of speech have fairly well practiced contours. What is the right so self-determination? Does it include the necessary mate...