@Mickey7 to Lemmy Shitpost • 3 days agoOwing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury youimagemessage-square327arrow-up1753arrow-down189
arrow-up1664arrow-down1imageOwing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you@Mickey7 to Lemmy Shitpost • 3 days agomessage-square327
minus-squareAbsentBirdlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoIt’s not meaningless, it’s about who controls a thing. What makes you think ownership must not have conditions?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 days agoIf you own something, and someone takes it from you, its called theft. If its not theft when they take it from you, then you didn’t own it.
minus-squareAbsentBirdlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 days agoThat would mean all taxes are theft. You’re welcome to have that perspective, but it doesn’t map well onto any modern legal framework for ownership.
minus-square@HeyThisIsntTheYMCAlinkEnglish0•2 days agoExchange for goods and services no! Give goods and services yes!
It’s not meaningless, it’s about who controls a thing. What makes you think ownership must not have conditions?
If you own something, and someone takes it from you, its called theft. If its not theft when they take it from you, then you didn’t own it.
That would mean all taxes are theft.
You’re welcome to have that perspective, but it doesn’t map well onto any modern legal framework for ownership.
Exchange for goods and services no! Give goods and services yes!