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Board Politics & Society
Re: What do you believe is moral?
by
Torn
on 07/07/2013, 06:24:37 UTC
Take this quick 10 (or less) question morality survey.

http://kwiksurveys.com/s.asp?sid=9fgng77f80xbtr9177028


Tell us how far you got.

Taxation is theft
If you made it this far you may have already understood the concept that taxation is theft or you may not have thought of it in such terms.

When it comes down to it, we as a society have taken the easy path of paying for all of the things the government says we need by ignoring the immorality of the theft that occurs each and every day. If it is immoral for you to steal from me, it is immoral for a government to steal from its citizens.

Instead of taking the lazy way of stealing people's money to pay for things we need to embrace new ideas and concepts and think outside of the box and be progressive. We need to stop voting for politicians who are ok with stealing from us. The very act of voting for someone who would steal from other citizens is immoral and no different from you stealing from another.

Many try to justify the theft by pointing to the things that are provided by government. That does not excuse the fact that an immoral act has occurred. Stealing is immoral. There is no way around that fact.

If services are wanted and necessary by enough people then they can be provided, but not through force or theft but through voluntary cooperation with things such as BitPools or voluntarism. Or some concept not yet discovered that you may be able to come up with by just putting a little bit of thought into it. Instead of taking the easy route of stealing, just because people are willing to look the other way during such an immoral act, in order to enjoy the goodies that the loot provides.