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Re:Dude, You Broke the Future [video] by fallingfrog on Saturday December 30, 2017 @08:08AM (#16035090)
There is no such thing as pure capitalism either, because private property cannot exist without all the elaborate state machinery that libertarians love to hate: a court system, contract law, a police force, an army, and the taxes to support it. All this stuff exists to create the illusion of such a thing as pure private property. Neither pure communism or pure capitalism are things that could exist in the real world.
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Re:Dude, You Broke the Future [video] by fallingfrog on Saturday December 30, 2017 @03:49PM (#16037515)
Well, I've heard self proclaimed libertarians say things like "taxation is theft of private property". So that's what I'm basing that on.
Re:Dude, You Broke the Future [video] by johnny22 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @05:21PM (#16038008)
Most libertarians I've talked to at least see the role for a minimal state. That state does manage external threats and contract enforcement. I can't imagine those being free things, so at least some taxes would be necessary.