Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax...
by kakapupu on Thursday March 30, 2017 @02:03AM
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> it is not about the government being objectively awful, it is about the government regulating.
Well, the government is no more awful than any other Mafia.
Think about it. If you don't pay protection money / taxes, you get kneecaps busted / imprisoned.
Neither is something you want to happen, so you pay up. Government is essentially just a vehicle for exploiting people on a massive scale.
Your average mafia couldn't possibly pull off extorting 300 million people, but a government can and does, because people believe it's necessary "for the common good".
Well, the government is no more awful than any other Mafia.
Think about it. If you don't pay protection money / taxes, you get kneecaps busted / imprisoned.
Neither is something you want to happen, so you pay up. Government is essentially just a vehicle for exploiting people on a massive scale.
Your average mafia couldn't possibly pull off extorting 300 million people, but a government can and does, because people believe it's necessary "for the common good".