I wonder if this could be theoretically used against social media?

Wtf statistics did Jeff Daniels' writer read?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHSXUS0_1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOhDFCcmgvY

sluuuurp

"taxation is the fee for living in a society, if you don't want taxes go live somewhere where there aren't any and see how fun that is"

opinions?

Some taxation is. At the state and local level to pay for law enforcement, courts, fure, roads, ect. However there is a limit to this. And these days that has gone far beyond.

The problem isn't taxation itself. The problem is using taxation for things other than essential government functions.

What essential means can be debated. But we can all agree that there's a shit ton of stuff that the government subsidizes that it shouldn't be at the state, local and federal level.

@Angus That's obviously false, societies have existed before without taxation so there is no inherent necessity for civilisations to enact coercive methods of state funding. And to tell somewhere to go live somewhere else is begging the question as it already assumes that the state has a legitimate claim to the common land

has the state become too dependent on taxes?

I remember income tax was only instituted for wartime

but then it never went away

https://twitter.com/_FloridaMan/status/1061006016085553152

@Angus The state is a parasitical entity in concept and in practice, it is dependent on the people it takes control over and coerces to exist at all

There is no "**too** dependent" about it, the state IS dependent regardless

so what is the solution to having no taxes?

forced prostitution

bake sales

is this how the gubmint will still make money

I’ve had night terrors because of this video this past week

with this video

yes

this is how

would direct democracy work in a small country such as sweden

you mean mob rule democracy?

yee

@Angus Ez, we get rid of the state

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then what

you just want anarchy?

Yup

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anarchist_communities

here are some places you could find that

I don't think the people in any modern country is going to willingly descend into this

Most of these (if not all) are either communes or the spoils of war-time activites

how do you propose 300 million people live in an anarchist community, a "communist" people, if you will

A better example of an individualist society that I advocate for would be Ireland from to years 600-1600 (ish)