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Sounds like projection to me.

Well, that’s even more absurd. It’s no business of the other party whether I pay my taxes or not, and it matters not one bit what he implicitly expect...

But there is no other agent in the contract. You claimed it was a lie and then claimed the government is implicitly entitled to a portion even if ther...

Thanks for that. I agree with him, of course.

Thanks for letting me know. I linked to the wrong post.

We’re the same age.

And that's the end of it. Just means, just transactions, just acquisition. If you want to read about different theories of distributive justice be my ...

I worked for that money and acquired it through the voluntary consent of all parties involved. The government did not work for that money nor did it a...

Yes, and “the rest” will not have the monopoly on violence. Your dishonesty is proven because you left out the one sentence in your quotation of mine ...

Appeals to the population are not that convincing. Most people once thought the world was flat.

That’s right. Little prigs like yourself would authorize stealing so you can give it to people you want.

Who should stop them?

That is the fatal flaw in my arguments: it serves no utilitarian purpose. It won’t just work out. I do not believe laissez-faire or free markets resul...

You should probably double check what that word means.

Again, what?

It’s essentially the difference between expecting others to respect your ability to make your own way in life and demanding others to provide for your...

The difference between negative and positive rights is pretty well established that anyone can spend a moment to learn the difference and come to his ...

Yes it is more fundamental and just than demanding others provide for you.

Always have been. But no, you have no right to demand I provide for you.

That’s right. And freedom of association implies anyone can quit a relationship with the state should they choose.

It’s unjust, Frank. It’s an unjust system. It seeks to arise at a just state through unjust means. Not only that but it does so inefficiently, wastefu...

All of it at the cost of justice. It cannot differentiate between just and unjust distribution of wealth.

Exactly. It treats adults as unweened.

Only insofar as I think the state should defend human rights, which you just claimed yourself right before you implied it should offer people food and...

I’ll look into it.

So they can continue to do nothing about it themselves. It achieves the greatest effect with the least possible exertion, no matter if it is an unjust...

The reason The Wealthy purchase or influence power is because the people with power are selling it. If the state didn’t have that power The Wealthy wo...

Putin is the leader of a state. Yours is an example of an agent of the state getting away with such activity. But the phrase “the wealthy” also applie...

Sometimes we use examples to give force to arguments. What’s the point of loaded questions?

Do you believe the United States had a laissez-faire system until the 2008 crisis?

I gave you evidence that there is no such thing as a "lack of regulation", and in fact there is a massive accumulation of regulation over time. The ca...

No policy of laissez-faire has existed. The American government has had its hands in the economy since its inception. The second federal law ever pass...

Statist morality in a nutshell.

Despite the accumulation of regulation, they failed at their one duty, and then used the public purse to bail out their friends.

No policy of laissez-faire has existed in the United States. As far as I can tell, Federal regulations have only increased. (https://www.quantgov.org/...

Your complaints about corporate structure and governance do not mean shit to this conversation, and is little more than a red herring. Further, your f...

I was only confirming to my interlocutor that it is true I can leave the country if I do not like it. What you claim I said: “In terms of employment, ...

You can start by reading the rest of what I wrote.

I told you directly that to destroy or walk away from the state would be cruel. So no, that is not what I'm advocating. What I have argued is that wha...

You lied and pretended I said it.

I don’t know the answer. Much of it is probably ineradicable. It’s comforting to know good people and good organizations are doing the best they can. ...

Where would we be with out your passive aggression?

It’s not as ludicrous as you make it out to be, I'm afraid. People help the homeless everyday. People organize to protect the environment. Volunteers,...

I just want to know the justification for why taxes need doing. I was arguing that they don’t need doing, that they are immoral, that there are volunt...

Taxes need doing. That’s a justification for taxes. Doesn’t compute. I would not rule against inheritance, and never implied any such thing. A monarch...

I thought you were going to justify taxation. This is turning into an interview. I feared as much. There are two means by which man can satisfy his ne...

Enjoy your thraldom.

Cringeworthy. You lot have resorted to fashioning fantasies in your head. But I love reading you guys seethe about it.

It doesn’t follow for me that a compulsory tax or compulsory cooperation is required to manage common resources. By and large people come to own a fac...

I’m not sure I’ve seen your justification for taxation in this thread, or I have forgotten. If you wouldn’t mind reiterating it or linking to it I can...