• @x0x7
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    -42 months ago

    Maybe it’s a good reason to reduce public spending in general. People act like public spending is a way to even things out, but in practice as the post evidences, the more we tax and the more the government spends the more wealth has actually been concentrated.

    • @repungnant_canary
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      112 months ago

      It surely matters how that money is spent. So a better solution would be to redirect some of the police funding to social programs.

    • @hark
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      82 months ago

      People fall into the trap of thinking of things in broad terms like “taxes good/bad” or “regulations good/bad”. There are benefits and drawbacks for each individual tax/regulation/policy/etc. What is clear is that the government tends to work for the benefit of the rich, which is a natural consequence of the influence of money in politics, and we certainly need to do something about that, but the system will be heavily resistant to such efforts.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      Don’t worry, nuance and complexity are things you start to pick up as you get into your 20s :)