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| ▲ | rlt 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| You wouldn’t even take social security benefits despite (I assume) having been forced to pay social security taxes? Even Ayn Rand took social security benefits. Some people point to that as hypocrisy, but I feel if the government forced you to pay into a program it is moral to take back from it (though not more than you contributed), even if you morally object to the program overall. |
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| ▲ | wat10000 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I can understand preferring to handle your own affairs rather than pay into SS. But why would you be so opposed to it that you'd rather die than receive SS payments? |
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| ▲ | mothballed 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | The level of unprovoked violence used to enforce social security I find unjustifiable just to satisfy my material requirements. | | |
| ▲ | wat10000 18 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Do you take that attitude towards all other government services? | | |
| ▲ | mothballed 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes, I went out of my way to live in a place with no public roads, no public utilites, no fire, and no police and in a house built with no government inspections. Whenever there is a way to avoid interacting with public services I do everything I can to avoid them. | | |
| ▲ | hnfong 17 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Well, computing and AI technology is going to be nationalized and state owned in a couple years. Good luck. | |
| ▲ | wat10000 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | At least you're consistent! But I do have to question your claim that "a large portion" of people are like this, or even that they just want to avoid SS and never mind the rest. That's an extremely niche position. |
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| ▲ | markhahn 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'm curious what you mean by "violence" here. | | |
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