• chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      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.

      https://images.app.goo.gl/FUSiFew8WfSrDKdp6

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    That’s not as impressive when you consider the fact that people have been doing that for hundreds if not thousands of years

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      See, I posted this video because if you actually watch it, you’ll find an interview with a 80+ year old man who is amazingly sharp and articulate for his age. And, indeed, attributes much of his knowledge to people from around the world.

      But you do you with your cynical one-liners I guess.