Capitalism Rules, Socialism and Communism Suck Thread

[wufwugy]

Your question assumes I like taxation. Let's start with at the bottom of that- why do you assume I like taxation?

Do you regard taxation as a preferred solution sometimes?

Discard that I said "like". This is my new question.

[BananaStand]

Do you regard taxation as a preferred solution sometimes?

Discard that I said "like". This is my new question.

He might need some more hand-holding through this. You should back up and go one step at a time.

Poop - Do you like money??

[Poopadoop]

Do you regard taxation as a preferred solution sometimes?

Discard that I said "like". This is my new question.

Solution to what? Unless you make the question clear I can't answer it.

[BananaStand]

Unless you make the question clear I can't answer it.

Called it

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[wufwugy]

Solution to what?

To what you believe is a problem.

[Poopadoop]

To what you believe is a problem.

How do you know what I believe is a problem, or that I think a problem exists in the first place?

The point of this exercise is to get you to ask the question in a more generic way. For example, you might say 'Do you think taxation is good? And if so, why do you feel this way?'

As stated, the question assumes I hold a position I may or may not hold and then asks me to defend it.

[wufwugy]

'Do you think taxation is good? And if so, why do you feel this way?'

Let's go with that.

[Poopadoop]

Let's go with that.

Well thank you for letting me clarify the question.

I think it is necessary inasmuch as there are certain things that can be managed centrally that cannot be handled individually.

[BananaStand]

Well thank you for letting me clarify the question.

I think it is necessary inasmuch as there are certain things that can be managed centrally that cannot be handled individually.

By "clarify" you really mean "nullify"

His question is about redistribution. Can you answer the question in that context?

[wufwugy]

Well thank you for letting me clarify the question.

I think it is necessary inasmuch as there are certain things that can be managed centrally that cannot be handled individually.

Okay cool, that's a type of thing I am quite interested in hearing about. If you would like to expound that would be great.


The reason I asked the question was because you said tax is unequal. I thought that was funny since typically people want taxation to assuage their emotion that doing so results in more equality. So really I just wanted to see what your response was to the question without leading.

[wufwugy]

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I think it is necessary inasmuch as there are certain things that can be managed centrally that cannot be handled individually.

I'll add that this is maybe the only conceptual reason that I have come up with for why government can be good. The problem, however, is that I have not been able to figure out any way a centralized monopoly is better than otherwise, on average, over time, across all components, etc..