[MD] freedom is for the rich

[Micah]

Platt,

You and Arlo are birds of a feather! You also think the ends justify the
means.

Micah

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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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