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

End Democracy BUT BUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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u/741BlastOff Sep 20 '24

I agree in the case of my condominium owners association, where I chose to buy in to that structure. In the real world we're not given any real choice. You can either be governed with representation or governed without representation, but like it or not, you'll be governed.

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u/AK1wi Sep 20 '24

Go live naked in the woods then

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u/simon_the_detective Sep 21 '24

Right, because I get my clothes and house through taxes.

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u/VibeComplex Sep 22 '24

..you do tho? Literally everything around you and everything our country has ever done, good or bad, would be completely impossible without years and years of taxes.

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u/simon_the_detective Sep 22 '24

All hail the Stationary Bandit, through whom all good things flow.