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by unethical_ban 443 days ago
Citation: All modern society and the last 1000 years.

>Governments don't exist to redistribute money

Citation needed.
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foobarchu 443 days ago
>Government exists to redistribute money

Citation needed

It works both ways.

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isaacremuant 443 days ago
Read a constitution and tell me where it states that the goal is to redisteibut wealth. I've read significant parts of the constitution of my country and it absolutely does not state that.

The goal of the government is not stated as such. It's not "the social contract".

But hey, your phrase sounded confident so you have that going for you.

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unethical_ban 442 days ago
"The authority to collect taxes and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States."
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isaacremuant 441 days ago
Which doesn't mean it exists to redistribute wealth. See other comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43639059

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