• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    19 hours ago

    That it’s basically the lefty equivalent to a libertarian. Both of those philosophies seem juvenile to me in a “I don’t want to, and you can’t make me” kind of way. Call me old fashioned, but I like structure as long as it’s not totalitarian. I’m happy to pay taxes as long as they’re going toward the benefit of society. Granted, that largely hasn’t been the case, but I don’t think we need to throw the baby out with the bathwater either.

    Recent events have also highlighted how much my taxes actually were going toward the betterment of society (though still not nearly enough), and that I had taken them for granted until they were recently axed/defunded.

    • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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      5 hours ago

      Anarchists aren’t against government, or even taxes, they’re against the state, which is different.

      you defeated a strawman, no anarchist philosopher would disagree that that would be stupid

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      You got it. Both anarchist and libertarian systems are what children come up with once they mature just enough to see how governments work.