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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip
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    9 hours ago

    I mean, corrupted administration aside, is it really even “evil” to fund a institution that forsee the development of your surrounding? If anything it’s simply quid pro quo, and people who generally against any taxation is always fishy to me.

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      8 hours ago

      It’s evil to take someones money. It’s necessary because it funds the surrounding. A necessary evil, as op asked for.

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        It’s evil to take someones money.

        Except when you are buying things? Look at it as living in society with roads, fire fighters and clean water requires a purchase.

        There is nothing morally wrong with paying people who provide a service.

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        It is only if it’s taken without something in return though, akin to stealing or robbing, else taking someones money in return for a service or goods would count as evil. Taxation always come with expectation of something in return, it’s in some way similar to paying for service.