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Chad
@Chad

Skeptical, independent, and curious. Mainly into FOSS, liberty, and innovation.

Relays (12)
  • wss://nos.lol/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.damus.io/ – read & write
  • wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social/ – read & write
  • wss://bitcoiner.social/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.nostr.bg/ – read & write
  • wss://nostr21.com/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.snort.social/ – read & write
  • wss://offchain.pub/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.shitforce.one/ – read & write
  • wss://relay.mostr.pub/ – read & write
  • wss://nostr.coinfundit.com/ – read & write
  • wss://ditto.pub/relay – read & write

Recent Notes

Mark Sea · 3w
Those don’t equate because of the consequences. You end up in jail if you don’t pay taxes. Dropping a penny (or the same amount you pay in taxes) means you just became poorer, but you’re still f...
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Oh ok. The way I thought about it was that since the value of a person's labor was stolen (I was assuming they would want it back when they found out it was gone), it was equated to making them work for you against their will which would be slavery. I guess threats could be a valid distinction though in both situations the value of the person's labor was still taken against their will.
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Mark Sea · 3w
At what tax rate are you considered a slave? At what interest rate?
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I agree taxation is mostly immoral. But if someone accidentally drops a penny and you pick it up and don't tell them, did you technically make them your slave?

If not, then is it different from how one would argue that taxation is theft/slavery? How?

If yes, then are we all technically guilty of it, and does this introduce a problem of watering down the concept of slavery? Is it technically slavery without carrying the same moral weight?
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Mark Sea · 3w
Those don’t equate because of the consequences. You end up in jail if you don’t pay taxes. Dropping a penny (or the same amount you pay in taxes) means you just became poorer, but you’re still free. It’s more equivalent to charity.
it's me, real fake · 18w
all good options.