From: Terry Donaghe (tdonaghe@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 10 1998 - 13:42:01 MST
In order for socialism to exist, the government must use violence to
force it's citizens to pay taxes.
Whether you agree that citizens have a right to money or property, you
can't disagree that the government takes it's taxes by force (violence).
I therefore challenge any socialist/collectivist on this list to
explain how violence against individuals by the government is an
Extropian act. If you agree that violence against individuals is not
consistent with Extropianism, then why are you defending socialism?
I also posit that Any attempt to defend socialism is also a defense of
the government's use of violence against individuals.
Comments?
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Terry Donaghe: terry@donaghe.com
Individual, Anarcho-Capitalist, Environmentalist, Transhumanist, Mensan
The Millennium Bookshelf: <http://www.donaghe.com/mbookshelf.htm>
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