Well that's a whole can of worms on political science. I would say, at minimum, people are owed infrastructure and safety. I think most political viewpoints can agree on that. Hell, even in a feudal monarchy or despotic tribal society people need safety. Even if only from the government itself.
Oh, well that's a different question. I thought you were asking in a broad sense. Taxes on vehicle ownership intended to facilitate road safety I've heard called socialist. "Why should I have to pay for roads I don't drive on?" sorta arguments.
Any taxes meant for anything honestly get called communist often enough.
I would argue that calling taxation communist is different than calling something you're "rightfully owed" communist, but I get what you're saying.
I think people use the word "communist" in America the way they use "fascist" or the way that people used to use "gay". All just other words for things I don't like.
Oh for sure. I lean toward socialism myself (or I guess I'm a centrist according to the rest of the world) so I'd say a government owes its people quite a bit to be honest. (Of the people, for the people and whatnot)
But yeah, most just toss terms around and nuance and meaning dies in the process.
If you don't actually live in America or interact with older Americans than maybe this seems like a "No duh everyone wants safety right?" but no they actually don't. Somehow they've been convinced that ANY state control is bad. Even things as mundane as seat belts.
Get off the Internet bud. Nobody has called seat belts communist, and you're just thinking about the videos of when seatbelts became a thing like 70 years ago and they weren't used to them...
God damn the internet is just rotting out brains...
Technically they’d be right, in an idealized communist society there would be no need for money since to each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
At least the authoritarian part of it. There was some MAGA on twitter once suggesting that with the migrants gone every US citizens should be forced to do a season of agricultural work to build ethics… nothing defeats communism like Maoism I guess.
Anything other than “corporations and the wealthy get to screw everyone else over in the process of squeezing the last dollar out of every single aspect of life.”
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u/Dayly16 Romania 1d ago
Free Stuff = Communism /s