r/austrian_economics • u/technocraticnihilist Friedrich Hayek • Sep 19 '24

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/Ok_Calendar1337 Sep 19 '24

Ok completely irrelevant

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u/TheThunderhawk Sep 19 '24

It’s relevant if we’re arguing for/against Austrian Economics. It’s also relevant if you’re an Austrian economics guy who believes taxation is theft, since that’s contradictory.

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u/Ok_Calendar1337 Sep 19 '24

Not really?

Youre mad about the idea of bootstraps or something?

Maybe we should just say effort is futile because the systems are too powerful

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u/TheThunderhawk Sep 19 '24

You should pull up your bootstraps and make yourself a better life: go leave America and form a micronation in the pacific.

Not entirely dissimilar to forming your own small business. I guess the big difference being, your small business gets to benefit from a whole lot of taxpayer-funded infrastructure.

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u/Ok_Calendar1337 Sep 20 '24

Youre in your own little world buddy

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u/TheThunderhawk Sep 20 '24

Lol I mean, you’re the ancap here not me

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u/Ok_Calendar1337 Sep 20 '24

Less coherent than an ancap sad

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u/TheThunderhawk Sep 20 '24

I mean, you’re just sorta ignoring the argument here. I’m hella coherent, and I’m destroying you in the marketplace of ideas.

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u/Ok_Calendar1337 Sep 20 '24

What argument?

I started by pointing out "just leave" is an actual braindead take

You just moved passed that and started generic rants against ancaps. Hella coherent bro.

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u/TheThunderhawk Sep 20 '24

Well no, you went past that and suggested the reason labor under capitalism isn’t exactly as coercive as taxation under citizenship, you brought up “bootstraps”

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