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		AnimalMuppet 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes Well, if I understand correctly, there was the option of becoming an outlaw - literally someone outside the law, which meant that the protection of the law didn't apply to you. Anyone you met was free to kill you. But you didn't have to pay taxes. But if you want the protection of what taxes pay for - the rule of law - then you need to pay the taxes.

_heimdall 6 months ago [–]

I think the question would be protection of what laws though.

Only an anarchist would argue that governments and taxes, or some other form of funding, shouldn't exist.

The debate between anyone else is where the line should be drawn and what the government should have authority to legislate and then enforce.

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