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by random023987 3165 days ago
This is why we should reject public education, public libraries, public safety, public unemployment funds, public retirement funds, and public medicine for the elderly.

Because you, know, it just doesn't work. And all of the positive experiences with socializing certain public goods in liberal western democracies are just a magic trick.

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Aren't these things paid for with taxes?
Yes they are. And depending on your political beliefs, taxes are slavery, theft, or violence, and if you're ideological enough, you can see taxes as the moral equivalent of Lenin promising a share of the aristocrat's land.
Well, if you don't want to contribute to the country in which you live, you have to be prepared to live surrounded by high walls and bodyguards.