Re:Subsidies Awarded to Tesla Inc: at least $2,829,855,494 a...
by ulrashida on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @10:06AM
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At some point this is banging-head-against-wall grade stuff, so I'll probably stop here. You're in the right area on the sales tax example, but it suffers from the same belief construction and expression issues.
Let's play your example out in a conversation:
1: "I don't believe anyone should pay sales tax!"
2: "But you (someone who is anyone) do pay sales tax, are you a hypocrite?"
1: "Of course not. I have to, it's the law."
2: "So you believe nobody should have to pay sales tax, but they must when legally required?"
1: "Yes."
2: "Oh good, that seems reasonable. I also hate taxes."
Re:Subsidies Awarded to Tesla Inc: at least $2,829,855,494 a...
by ars on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @04:25PM
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So to rephrase in terms of a subsidy, not accepting the subsidy is the same as giving the government charity.
Not giving charity while being opposed to subsidies is not hypocritical.
Re:Subsidies Awarded to Tesla Inc: at least $2,829,855,494 a...
by TapWaterBandit on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @08:07PM
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This is a bizarre hill to die on.
Accepting a forgiven loan is a different action - you don't believe the other person should have done it, but they did, your acceptance of that is a different matter.
Try rephrasing it into the negative: I don't believe anyone should pay sales tax. Is it hypocritical to pay sales tax when you buy something? No, it's not.