Well it is

it's voluntary, at least

so it is

It is more usury

because then some private citizen could hold critical transportation infrastructure hostage and harm national security @AiarUther

Verne it isn’t usery

What is Verne

Vexenx

Autocorrect

My bad

@GloriousLaserChicken I can argue from a pragmatic standpoint, you might be right

ahh kk

but from an ethical standpoint, that might be their right

but I am of the opinion that most people aren't that backwardsly non-compliant

So if a group of people collectively decide to pay for a road with an agreement that they can all use it freely, is that ethical?

sure

is this not what the government does?

provided everyone paying for it volunteered to do it

but I can't not pay for the road

Well if moving from a strong liberal democracy to a weak anarchist society allows people to commit crimes unchecked endangering the common man is that not unethical

because the government forces me to pay taxes

You didn't answer my earlier question @AiarUther

What is the government?

so you're asking for a definition?

I'm asking what you think the government is, I suppose

not necessarily a dictionary definition of "government"

what format would you like the answer

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@AiarUther lacking a viable alternative to the government your arguments are mute

however you like

I just want to know how you understand what the government is, if that makes sense

@SOTGOR I'm just going to take that statement as an admission that I'm right and proceed to do a victory dance

Your right to some extent as I have been saying sure but lacking a solution I fail to see what you want

I see taxation as evil

and I see no reason to increase that evil as much as strictly neccesary

Taxation is evil to some extent but it is a necessary evil

why I'm a minarchist

Define minarchist

Is that like a libertarian

sorta

they are saying on general chat that sargon's new account got banned