I have decided to skip a couple of topics (but actually also write something). There is a reason for this - every time I discus politics with my not-so-like-minded friends there is a issue that we regularly encounter, mainly that what I propose in not nice/fair...
We would probably all agree that it would be pleasant to live in a nice happy-fluffy world, but those of us who have some realism in our guts know that this will not happen. For the start we are tainted by (whatever you want to blame) the first sin, evolutionary background or what not. Thats why such a world could not happen at the moment.
Secondly (and much more importantly) there are things more important than niceness in the world like e.g. JUSTICE and FREEDOM. Everyone who has some respect for any other person will agree that stealing is not good and immoral. Neither enslavement of individuals, just because they live in a particular place is just.
This is why I oppose taxes, money should not be taken of people to be given to others against their will. Some of my quite intelligent friends come out then with one of the most ridiculous arguments: but this is a free country and no one is stopping them from moving away. This I would call either enslavement or direct aggression towards others properties.
If people were given freedom and justice, many conflicts would have been prevented, and yes charity is great and I sincerely do support it, a free and just world would in my opinion support such a attitude in the ‘society’, but let it be from ones free will!
You said that your friends use the argument: "this is a free country and no one is stopping them from moving away". This is, of course, a totally illogical argument which goes against all Natural Law Ethics. But I found that the best way to make such people understand is not to use real logic but to use their logic instead. Just tell them that if they argue that "this is a free country and no one is stopping them from moving away", then they support "voluntary slavery". They are really saying that "if you stay here, you are a slave of the government". So if they can tax you, why can't they enslave you, or maybe kill you? These are all violations of the same property rights.
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