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Re:We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001% by gugagore on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:06PM (#27437850)
What incentive do I have in not-that-system to be a cooperative, generous hard worker that practices collectivism instead of a power-addicted exploitative ambitious business magnate?

^- is another awfully slanted question.

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Re:We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001% by silicon2401 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:56PM (#27438591)
> collectivism

Collectivism is overrated and unnecessary. I'm a misanthrope and I don't want to live in a collective society, I want to live in a society where I can get away from other humans and keep to myself. Taxes and laws are enough to keep society civil and functional; going beyond that is imposing your own personal beliefs on everyone else, like a theocracy or dictatorship.

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Re:We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001% by naasking on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:06PM (#27440077)
> Collectivism is overrated and unnecessary.

This is a pretty hilarious take IMO. Cooperation is literally the only reason humans are the dominant species on the planet. But sure, "overrated and unnecessary".

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Re:We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001% by silicon2401 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @09:26AM (#27447593)
There's a difference between collectivism and cooperation. I contrast collectivism with individualism; i.e. valuing the collective over the individual vs valuing the individual over the collective. I want to live in an individualist society, not a collectivist one.
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Re:We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001% by gugagore on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:01PM (#27440025)
You either missed my point or you are making my point.

It is hard to tell!

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