• Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Because they really just don’t want to pay taxes, which are needed to fund universal healthcare.

    Also most people who say they’re libertarian have no clue what the word means, and are morons.

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      7 months ago

      Because they really just don’t want to pay taxes, which are needed to fund universal healthcare.

      That is rather reductionist — it is more complicated than that.

      Also most people who say they’re libertarian have no clue what the word means, and are morons.

      I would be very hesitant to say “most” but there is indeed a faction that misappropriates the term.

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      7 months ago

      They don’t want to pay taxes because they don’t like how government uses taxes and don’t trust the government to do a good job. Plus, it’s an additional layer of bureaucracy at the top which costs more money and is less efficient.

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        7 months ago

        They don’t want to pay taxes because they don’t like how government uses taxes and don’t trust the government to do a good job.

        The opposition to taxes is generally due to a power imbalance resulting in compulsion through the use of force. Taxes are in opposition to negative liberty, which is what libertarianism generally aligns with.