Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoHow is taxation not theft?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down176file-text
arrow-up1-56arrow-down1message-squareHow is taxation not theft?Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
You don’t agree to pay it. You can’t opt out and if you don’t pay you get put in jail. How is this not theft?
minus-squareAE5NE@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·5 days agoBecause the consensus definition of “theft” doesn’t include it.
Because the consensus definition of “theft” doesn’t include it.