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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/1awj4iq/this_is_why_socialism_is_poverty/?sort=top&limit=500

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Those dollars that an individual possesses is a sign that they have already given back to society more than what they have asked for in return. That is what those dollars that they have are. They are IOUs given to them by society telling them that they have given more that what society has asked of them in return. So those IOUS are society telling them that if they want more stuff just hand those dollars ( IOUs ) over and we will give you more things

The billions that individual producers like Musk, Bezos, as so forth , have are billions more that they provided to society that they did not ask for in return

So when you look at this logically, when you see an accumulation of dollars by those who acquire them through VOLUNTARY EXCHANGE( Taxation does not count as that is done by force ( ask Wesley Snipes ) then what that shows is that the individual has given more value to society then what that individual asked for in return

This is why profit/private sector is moral and is efficient in addressing the needs of the people and taxation/government sector is immoral and fails to address the needs of the people

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

I hate the whole "voluntary exchange" thing. Like really, taxes are the only example of a non voluntary exchange? I can think of at least one more 🤔

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Like maybe you're dying of thirst in the desert.

It works okay for non essentials, but with how many essentials people need, it breaks down so quickly. Rent, transportation, food, healthcare, utilities, you just have no choice on.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

if you charged too much for water while I was dying in the desert, I would simply save my dollars in an interest bearing account and die from dehydration. in enough time, the trust of my dessicated husk would be able to buy your water factory and send private security forces to decapitate you.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Once you've accumulated enough IOUs you can redeem them for a capitalists head at the ticket exchange.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

This is the only ethical consumption under capitalism

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