There could be a Cybertruck and the caption “government contract” as a third quote.

  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    ‘Taxes are theft’ means ‘I can’t see where my taxes are going’ because they’re being siphoned by the billionaire class.

    The solution is not to eliminate taxes (because that’s fighting a symptom) but to eliminate the billionaire class (which is the problem).

    e: and you can do that with taxes.

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          Math says that is not possible for an entire social product, if the goal is to also have a profit. We can of course enter the next charlatan suggesting personal debt or low wage labor export. yadayadayada

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            That doesn’t change the fact that he did advocate for it. I never said that it was possible for that to be true under capitalism, especially in the longterm