[MD] freedom is for the rich

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt previously]
> Nice that you think a little slavery is a good thing.
> 
> [Arlo had asked]
> Is taxation to support the military ("taking a man's property in order to serve
> another's purposes") also slavery?
> 
> [Platt]
> To accept a minor enslavement (social level tax) to prevent a major enslavement
> (loss of intellectual value protections) is moral.
> 
> [Arlo]
> So, nice that you think a little slavery is a good thing too.

Depends on the moral justification. To prevent slavery, yes. To impose slavery by
forced redistribution of income "from each according to his ability, to each
according to his needs," no.

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