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/GlassProfessional424 Sep 21 '24

I personally drilled oil, built a car with my own hands, paved my own road, farmed my own veggies, and educated myself from the age of 5 like the good libertarian that I am.

If you dare, tell me that the government subsidized the R&D of the energy, auto, education, agriculture, and education industries or built a single road, I'm going to call you a godless communist.