(urth) Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)

[brunians at brunians.org]

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> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:29:10 -0400
> From: Jeffrey Brent McBeth <mcbeth at broggs.org>
> Subject: Re: (urth) The Devil in a Forest
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> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 02:22:14PM -0400, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
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>> > Socialism is criminal.
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>> > Socialism is the idea that theft is OK if it's done by the government.
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> It is only theft if it isn't consensual.
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> -----Correct.
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> The mistake that Socialists
> make is when they remove the consent.
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> -----That's a mistake no matter who makes it. Again, there is this
> persistent belief that socialism denies consent to the governed. Don't
> confuse it with communism.

Please do explain how consensual taxation works: I am all ears.

Voluntary communism, like you find in monastaries, is something that I
actually appreciate and strongly approve of.




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