Going to university does not broaden the mind

Re:Going to university does not broaden the mind by maxxxxx on Friday November 23, 2018 @10:25PM (#18520292)

True. I would still argue that they should get their priorities straight. Slavery is much worse than taxation and even mentioning them in the same context is not OK.

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Re:Going to university does not broaden the mind by akvadrako on Friday November 23, 2018 @11:08PM (#18520395)

This doesn't make sense. Slavery is obviously a particularly bad form of taxation.

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Re:Going to university does not broaden the mind by maxxxxx on Friday November 23, 2018 @11:45PM (#18520482)

I hope you are trying to be funny.

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Re:Going to university does not broaden the mind by all2 on Saturday November 24, 2018 @11:02AM (#18522598)

This isn't funny. I'd argue that it is true, though. Taxation, as an idea, is simply the idea of taking something from someone 'for the common welfare' (ie, other people's well being).

Taking everything, including choice, (in essence slavery) could be called a 'tax' using the above definition.

To compare taxes (as they are presently levied against any first world population) to slavery is quite a stretch, though.

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Re:Going to university does not broaden the mind by akvadrako on Saturday November 24, 2018 @06:37AM (#18521556)

No, I’m saying that even if you think taxes are the only evil possible, slavery is effectively a 100% tax. So there is no possible sense in which it’s less bad.

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