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I really like this part " the part which is wrong [. . .] will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. "
A good reminder that fake news is not a new phenomenon or new threat to our republic.
they sure talked funny back then didn't they?
I guess they had angry snowflakes upset by fake news even then.
No, but fake news has reach Biblical Plague proportions these days!
>:(thus the level of discontent among the ill informed.
It is scary that they are discontented, not because of a specific thing, but rather because they have been told to be so (sic em boy); only the dog has better reasons!how do you do the highlighting thing in markdown?
The key right under the esc (top left). Hit it just before, and after what you want to highlightBTWNotshifted....very good, thank youthat's going to be greatEnjoyitisfun!:)but every household does not pay the same amount of taxes.
tax is theft.
in that case what do you call the public services you receive?
overpriced and sub-standard actually.
sure, but if paying for them is "theft" what is receiving them?
Dependency!receiving that which you have paid for is dependency?
Receiving barely enough "back" to stay alive is dependency!
>:(what does it matter what I call them?
It would help me to understand how taxes are theft. Those who say taxes are theft seem to be ignoring all the things they receive in return, thieves don't come and put your house out if it catches on fire or eradicate invasive beetles eating your trees, right?
doesn't matter what they DO with the money.
that's totally irrelevant.
all that matters is how they get it.
they steal it.
Nope, people write them the checks or opt to have it withheld from their pay. People don't write thieves checks. It sort of matters, thieves don't give you anything in return for what they steal. It's just a bad analogy, a better one would be to say that taxes are extortion. It's just not "theft" under any definition of the word. The government is a protection racket, not a theft ring.
extortion is a form of theft.
a protection racket is too.
Totally true!
Both messages are totally true...Unfortunately.
government is like crab grass.
it will grow constantly and take over EVERYTHING if given half a chance.
it gets half a chance through election ,so the rest part is up to people..
Have a nice day (still morning at this side )!
thanks..
I recall someone saying something about the tree of liberty..and how it needed to be periodically irrigated.
In my opinion , word "liberty" should be reindentified.
'liberty' is a hijacked word.
Politicians, lawyers and suchlike defile it when they speak it.
same like "democracy"
yup...and sustainable and disrupt and conservative and liberal and progressive and dozens more.
If spoken by a Social Justice Bully...it's meaning is distorted.
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