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0 pointschordalkeyboard5y ago0 comments

> A mugger tells me to hand over my watch or get shot. Choice or not choice?

Choice, of course.

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So taxation is voluntary? You'll upset a lot of libertarians with that attitude!

Libertarians use "voluntary" to refer to a situation absent coercion. Taxation is prima facie coercive so we would just debate semantics if I went that route.

djrobstep5y ago

You just said that "hand over your watch or get shot" is choice. So then is "hand over your tax or go to prison", yes?

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0 pointschordalkeyboard5y ago0 comments

> A mugger tells me to hand over my watch or get shot. Choice or not choice?

Choice, of course.

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djrobstep5y ago

So taxation is voluntary? You'll upset a lot of libertarians with that attitude!

chordalkeyboardOP5y ago

Libertarians use "voluntary" to refer to a situation absent coercion. Taxation is prima facie coercive so we would just debate semantics if I went that route.

djrobstep5y ago

You just said that "hand over your watch or get shot" is choice. So then is "hand over your tax or go to prison", yes?

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