tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477941359267770660.post495134000997805100..comments2023-10-10T05:22:51.727-04:00Comments on The Blanks Slate: U.S. Income Taxes Should Not Be Compared to SlaveryJPBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16468994137056889334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477941359267770660.post-91176262320903953632010-04-18T21:49:34.301-04:002010-04-18T21:49:34.301-04:00COB-
It did dawn on me, but I let it go. The reas...COB-<br /><br />It did dawn on me, but I let it go. The reason I didn't bring it up, as I mention in the post, is that my issue is about messaging. It's not that the coercive power of the state siphoning so much of our money through coercion isn't, on some level, analogous to slavery. It's that it takes a lot of explanation to justify the reasoning behind the soundbite friendly "Taxes=Slavery" -- and a lot of people aren't going to bother with asking what exactly people mean by that. Further, I would also wager that, if asked, a lot of the people who carry signs to that effect at tea parties have NO idea who Nozick was or could justify the statement to anyone's satisfaction. It's implication is not necessarily self-evident as a messaging device and thus fails to do what it means to.<br /><br />As my tweet and facebook status indicated, I get what they were trying to say, but the stark contrast is so vast that those who don't already agree/get it will not be persuaded--and, perhaps, will be revolted--by such simplistic jingoisms.JPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16468994137056889334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477941359267770660.post-37480587680553476352010-04-18T21:38:24.012-04:002010-04-18T21:38:24.012-04:00Interesting that you quote Nozick at the top of yo...Interesting that you quote Nozick at the top of your page, but you don't mention his <a href="http://www.duke.edu/web/philsociety/taleofslave.html" rel="nofollow">Tale of the Slave</a>.Caleb O. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11178854567614747667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477941359267770660.post-28285326864319632652010-04-16T13:01:54.081-04:002010-04-16T13:01:54.081-04:00I completely agree with the sentiment.
I'm sy...I completely agree with the sentiment.<br /><br />I'm sympathetic to a descriptions of taxation as theft, but i'm always peeved when friends casually use slavery to describe a range of "bad things".<br /><br />Prostitution isn't slavery (unless we're talking about sex trafficking), neither can anyone be a "wage slave".<br /><br />Historical significance is one thing, but the persistence of slavery into the 21st century makes the abuse of language even more heinous.<br /><br />http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery.htmlKmeleAnthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459538878251420307noreply@blogger.com