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RE: Consent Makes all the Difference
Well if there is one thing I can agree on with you anarchos, then that taxation without consent is theft.
It is funny that in German state authority is officially called state violence (Staatsgewalt). For us it is just a given that state is a form of violence :)
Wow, that's pretty crazy. Looks like George Orwell's concept of doublethink has come true in Germany then.
Actually it is not. The state has the monopoly to use violence and as long as he treats his citiziens equal/just, that is OK in the German mind.
I am not a fan of this thinking, I am a Libertarian after all, but i can very well understand it.
Oh yeah, absolutely. I meant that it's crazy that people think assault and violence is normal just because the state commits it.
It is not even that ridiculous in principle. If there were very little and easy to understand rules, that everybody could agree on then it would be OK. Even your Anarchist rules need some sort of enforcement.
If people get denied the right to own the things they made with their own hands, then they should be able to enforce that right and the state should provide an environment, in which this is possible.
Sure, but remember: consent makes all the difference. I won't enforce my rules on someone else if they don't agree on them first.