â–˛ 245 â–Ľ Libertarian Party of New Hampshire equates black slavery to having free access to medicine đź’€ (i.imgur.com) submitted 3 years ago by CyberGhost@lemmygrad.ml to c/communism@lemmygrad.ml 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MrSlicer@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) Do they not understand that by free we mean paid for by taxes? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) That might be the point they are (terribly) trying to make: that taxing people (i) takes away their choice/freedom and (ii) forces taxpayers to fund the 'lifestyle' of others. It's the populist version of Hayek-Nozick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 6 points 3 years ago The government probably paid that farmer to grow that crop in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] doggle@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago If they're ideologically consistent then they'd argue that taxation is theft. And since they seem to think that slavery is wrong purely because the individual is being deprived of pay, then they'd probably say that taxation is morally equivalent to slavery as well. They're wrong, but they'd probably say that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) That might be the point they are (terribly) trying to make: that taxing people (i) takes away their choice/freedom and (ii) forces taxpayers to fund the 'lifestyle' of others. It's the populist version of Hayek-Nozick. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 6 points 3 years ago The government probably paid that farmer to grow that crop in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 6 points 3 years ago The government probably paid that farmer to grow that crop in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doggle@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago If they're ideologically consistent then they'd argue that taxation is theft. And since they seem to think that slavery is wrong purely because the individual is being deprived of pay, then they'd probably say that taxation is morally equivalent to slavery as well. They're wrong, but they'd probably say that. permalink fedilink source parent
