Deep in the woods of North Carolina is a man name Joe Hollis who's lived of the grid for 50 years. Here he's mastered the techniques of a life tuned to natur...
This reminds me so much of typical libertarian arguments about how taxation is theft and that life would be so much better without government. They have no idea how dependent they are on the things that the government and taxes provide for them. Things they absolutely take for granted.
“Oh the ‘statist’ is bringing up roads again as if only the government can build roads.”
Which also makes me think of Obama’s infamous “you didn’t build that” speech that so angered entrepreneurs everywhere. Good luck manufacturing and delivering goods without government provided infrastructure of all kinds.
Pretty much. This claim that without taxes life would be better is easily disproved if you ever visit Jerusalem. Since city is split to West and East Jerusalem, West being capital of Israel, East being capital of Palestine. Israeli people pay taxes while Palestinians don’t. Walking from one side of the city to the other feels like traveling through time. West side is clean, with watered lawns and nice gardens, public transport and other amenities. Eastern side, time has stopped. Locations I’ve provided are less than 1km apart but feel like two different countries. Of course, exact comparison is not really possible but public services matter.
This reminds me so much of typical libertarian arguments about how taxation is theft and that life would be so much better without government. They have no idea how dependent they are on the things that the government and taxes provide for them. Things they absolutely take for granted.
“Oh the ‘statist’ is bringing up roads again as if only the government can build roads.”
Which also makes me think of Obama’s infamous “you didn’t build that” speech that so angered entrepreneurs everywhere. Good luck manufacturing and delivering goods without government provided infrastructure of all kinds.
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Pretty much. This claim that without taxes life would be better is easily disproved if you ever visit Jerusalem. Since city is split to West and East Jerusalem, West being capital of Israel, East being capital of Palestine. Israeli people pay taxes while Palestinians don’t. Walking from one side of the city to the other feels like traveling through time. West side is clean, with watered lawns and nice gardens, public transport and other amenities. Eastern side, time has stopped. Locations I’ve provided are less than 1km apart but feel like two different countries. Of course, exact comparison is not really possible but public services matter.