[throwaway2048]

I'm sure public infrastructure, public schooling, police and fire departments, national defense, etc etc had absolutely nothing to do with your success, and society as a whole does not deserve a single cent back.

"Fuck you, I got mine" at its finest.

[tolmasky]

> national defense

Yup, definitely couldn't have gotten to where we are without that well-used defense budget in going to war with Iraq and having the NSA monitoring all our communications.

[bsamuels]

probably in a similar spot you would be in without computers or the internet, both of which were derived from defense spending.