Nope... No one owns a house @Drewski4343

@Akhanyatin I'm not taxed for using a fictional currency

Sure you do. I don't own my land, but I own my house to do what i want with.

@Mathieus the Walking Witness i don't see how not paying taxes is something to be proud of lol.

@Drewski4343 ok... so you (think) you own a house... Do you still pay mortgage, taxes, etc for that house?

@Akhanyatin taxation is theft

I do pay mortgage still, and taxes of course.

@Drewski4343 if you own something, you wouldn't have to keep paying for it....

taxation is the reason i paid almost nothing for some of my school years

if I had the money, I could pay outright, though.

there's always that option.

taxation is also the reason why most of my dealing with the healthcare system are free

taxation is also the reason why i have public transit in my city

@Akhanyatin that's just you relying on the system... I don't rely on that system

To each their own

ngl, if i ever get cancer, i'd rather rely on that system than on barter lol

@Akhanyatin you appear to be afraid of death

and you still rely on the system indirectly because the people you rely on for barter also rely on the system

i'm not afraid of death, but if i can avoid it, i don't see why not

Why do you want to avoid it?

also, i'm kinda glad that i didn't lose my mother at 10 yrs old

it'd not have been a cool experience

I consider death to be a reward, not a punishment

i consider losing a parent at a very young age not a reward

@Akhanyatin they would be in a better place than we are...

Wow

I find taxation a necessary evil. Obviously, tax funds are often abused, which of course I don't agree with, but I enjoy my roads being maintained, my garbage being hauled away, emergency services available, etc.

So you hope the people you care about suffer from mental/ physical/ spiritual slavery?

1) do you have proof of this?
2) losing a parent is a traumatic experience, even more for a kid

now both my parents are retired, they are slave to no one and have a decent amount of money, they own their house, paid their mortgage

@Drewski4343
(1) roads? Is government the only people that know how to fix a road?
(2) garbage? Do you get billed for your garbage? Or is it in with the taxes they take out on check?
(3) emergency services? such as?

@Akhanyatin do you know what "backs up" The currency that people use?

1) i'd rather not directly pay or work at fixing roads
2) same applies to garbage
3) i got held at gun point and called 911, police were there pretty fast and helped me out, that kind of emergency service

Most countries have what's known as "fiat currency" Which is backed by "faith of the consumer"

1) Who *pays* for the road to be maintained? This costs a lot of money.
2) I live in a Canadian city and garbage services are part of our taxes.
3) Firefighters

@Drewski4343 you pay for the roads

I don't😁

Yet, I still use those roads

😉

that sounds unfair.