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  • Reply 21 of 22
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    [quote]Originally posted by Anders:

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    :confused: A country elect their parliarment. It make laws on how things should be taxed to uphold the social service that most people (through elections) have choosen they want. Now those with ressources chose to cheat the state for some money by buying their stuff through the internet and thus making it difficult to carry out the will of the people. Now why is that a good thing? Its like saying a crowbar is a good thing because you can use it to break into the bank. The anonymity of the internet is good for many thing but not when it is used to break laws.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    No. It's capitalist justice, which mathematically speaking is the most fair, most equitable kind of economic justice. So I and most other capitalists have no moral issues over cheating the state in issues of taxation which are too difficult to trace. It's like cheating a cancerous tumor more than cheating a healthy piece of flesh.



    On the other hand, I'm sure you pirate software and MP3's. If you want to talk about injustice, look no further than your process of stealing from those who deserve it.



    The will of the people IS the internet, not the views held by hoity-toity washingtonian congressmen. Our government is not really in-touch with the varied wills of its many citizens, int he way the internet can be. If it were, there definitely wouldn't be this autonomous 2 party monolith in control. The United States was built on the concept that it's a citizen's wright to rebel against an oppressive government, and that's what I do when I feel the system is injust. I'm so pleased that there's finally a means, the internet, that's too much for any government to police, since it the force behind it is the population of the world, which apparently is very keen on capitalism and small government, if trends in internet milestones can be trusted.
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  • Reply 22 of 22
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    [quote]Originally posted by Splinemodel:

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    No. It's capitalist justice, which mathematically speaking is the most fair, most equitable kind of economic justice. So I and most other capitalists have no moral issues over cheating the state in issues of taxation which are too difficult to trace. It's like cheating a cancerous tumor more than cheating a healthy piece of flesh.



    On the other hand, I'm sure you pirate software and MP3's. If you want to talk about injustice, look no further than your process of stealing from those who deserve it.



    The will of the people IS the internet, not the views held by hoity-toity washingtonian congressmen. Our government is not really in-touch with the varied wills of its many citizens, int he way the internet can be. If it were, there definitely wouldn't be this autonomous 2 party monolith in control. The United States was built on the concept that it's a citizen's wright to rebel against an oppressive government, and that's what I do when I feel the system is injust. I'm so pleased that there's finally a means, the internet, that's too much for any government to police, since it the force behind it is the population of the world, which apparently is very keen on capitalism and small government, if trends in internet milestones can be trusted.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Don´t you believe in democracy Splinemodel or is your system really taht screwed



    Im (some kind of) capitalist too. But before that I am a democrat. If the overwhelming majority (&gt;98%) of the population in my country wants a certaint economic system where the state use parts of the national gross income (about 50%) on services for our citizents its the law and I have to follow it.



    But of course I am a humantist before I am a democrat so if &gt;98% of th population wanted to put people in gas chambers, use capital punishment etc. I would fight it. I believe in revolution too if the government stomps across certaint rights. But keeping 70% of your income instead of 50% isn´t one of those rights above democracy I find it okay to break the law for.
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