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RE: It's not about hate...

in #story7 years ago (edited)

You can not be free without money.

By your definition... you're not truly free with it either.

The problem is I think you are seeing society for those who have money as being free today.

It isn't.

There are many things you do that if you don't do (such as paying taxes) you'll get fined, if you refuse to pay the fine you'll go to jail, if you resist arrest you'll likely die.

That is today.

I didn't say money can't make freedom easier (especially today).

I said money does not define freedom. You also again stated a logically false statement at the end.

You can not be free without money.

This is an ABSOLUTE. It only takes one example for it to be false.

There are tribes in the Amazon without money. There are hermits who do live off the grid and need no money.

That is just two.

That makes your statement false.

You CAN be free without money.

That doesn't mean it is common, or that it is even always easy. Yet it CAN be done.

So saying "you cannot" is a false statement.

I'd argue that as long as there are income taxes that are involuntary that none of us TRULY are free WITH money.

Voluntary forms of taxation such as tarrifs, sales tax, etc we can usually find ways around.

Yet if someone can FORCE you to give up your money. That isn't technically free.

We can ignore that and pretend it doesn't exist and isn't a factor and then we can certainly think we are free when we have money.

Perspective.

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By definition I am right. But my arguments are not fully discussed and I doubt you can discuss that over Steemit messages in an hour.

Lets end that argument here on a friendly note because I don't see it being fully discussed here online.

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