Subj : Re: free speech
To : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Jun 03 2025 11:22 am
Re: Re: free speech
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Fri May 30 2025 07:51 am
> Ar> Also, a lot of things are defined as illegal just because it suits the
> Ar> government, but that does not mean they are immoral. For example, tax
> Ar> evasion in tax heavy regimes is an act of self-defense but they will
> Ar> try very hard to convince the population that it is bad because it is
> Ar> illegal.
>
> It's also depriving the body politic of money that should be used to
> provide for the common good, which is why it's bad.
That would only be true if we accepted that the government has a legitimate claim to authority, which is debatable.
ie. do you think it is ethical for a political party that got in power with 23% of the votes to build infrastructure which is clearly not needed while politicians and contractors divert 50% of the budget of each project to their pockets?
When people condemns tax evasion they do so based on the idealized model of what the State is and what it does represent instead of what the government *actually is* and how it behaves in practice.
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