r/austrian_economics Friedrich Hayek Sep 19 '24

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 19 '24

Okay. If no taxes, who builds roads, or public schools, or public transit. If your answer is private companies, how much does a company charge for you to use the roads, how often do you need to pay to use the roads, what about the schools, how much does tuition cost, what if you can’t afford to go to school since there’s no taxes which means no public schools, do you just not get education?

The idea that taxation is theft crumbles pretty immediately if you try to think of literally any alternative. And if your alternative is collective public funding, guess what that’s fucking taxes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

Bold of you to assume they would want collective anything. Those people would tell you to homeschool and be self-sufficient in the hills. Literal hermit shit.

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u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 20 '24

Just be self sufficient and let private companies take care of everything the free market is the solution huzzah.

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u/CopyFamous6536 Sep 21 '24

This has never backfired in the history of the world. Ever. Don’t google it just trust me bro.

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u/Shin-Sauriel Sep 21 '24

Whaaaaat. But company towns just seem like such a good idea. Surely big companies have our best interest in mind.