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Originally Posted by mikemhg
It's funny about some of these libertarian types.
I looked at him and chuckled and I said well, "Dino, many of these taxes that go to social services are what keep this country stable from an economic standpoint, they allow confidence in governance, making this country a safe and stable place to invest in. It can be argued that such taxes carry a direct correlation to the profitability, and steady increases to the overall value of the same properties/land your parents purchased many years ago in this city."
He stood there for a moment and said "Hmm... I didn't really think about it that way".
It's fascinating how short sided we can be in our political opinions.
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The problem is we are now at an age where critical and unbiased thinking is just too difficult for people, and it's much easier to shove your fingers in your ears and say "nah uh, you libtard fascist!!".
Nobody reads books anymore, let alone any form of text longer than a tweet. Things like tik-tok and 'shorts' which (IMO) are designed to whittle away at attention spans are the de facto form of "news", and the objectively stupid are allowed to not only have their stupid opinions heard, they're allowed to collectively group those stupid thoughts as if it somehow validates them, and it's merely a "difference of opinion" and not a right and wrong.