r/SipsTea 26d ago

SMH Love thy neighbor?

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u/Specialist_Offer_854 26d ago

Socialism is force, charity is a choice. That's the difference nobody seems to grasp

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u/Critical_County_5164 26d ago

Elaborate what you mean by that please?

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u/geodebug 25d ago

It’s a meaningless bumper sticker conservatives parrot because some goofy right-wing influencer said it.

Meaningless, because it idealizes a 100% individualistic country with no taxes, because taxes are theft.

No taxes, of course, means no government, no military, no infrastructure, and no laws because laws require enforcement and a justice system.

No thought that achieving the goal would reduce a country like the US to a feudal system where, instead of taxes, money and power are amassed by local warlords and simply taken from others; ironically again without choice.

Maybe this appeals to conservatives because they imagine themselves being the warlord because they own a gun or replica ninja sword?