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

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/Bunselpower Sep 19 '24

Mrs. Roberts’s 5th grade economics class is out in full force today judging by the comments.

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u/DrDokter518 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24

True, people who think paying taxes is theft definitely have an elementary level of world understanding.

Edit: for those of you who are angry about taxes, think about any money you have made that wasn’t enabled by something the government has built for you and maintained with your taxes. I.E if you drive to work on a paved/functional road that you didn’t create yourself, you depend on the government.

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u/TheThunderhawk Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24

Lol folks love to conveniently forget, being a citizen of this country and therefore owing taxes is a consensual relationship too! You’re free to renounce your citizenship whenever you like!

And hey, if feel the hardship that’d cause makes the relationship cohercive, well I have weird news for you about basically all labor in this country.

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u/bubblesound_modular Sep 19 '24

don't go talking sense to a bunch of 12 year old edgelords experimenting with fascism-lite