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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The plan is to physically destroy yourself to fix an entirely imaginary problem.

The ‘National Debt’ is merely the cumulative tally of money that nation’s government has ‘spent’ into, and not yet taxed out of, existence. It imposes no tangible burden, and believing it does helps the owning class convince the uninitiated to choose and work against their own interests.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Debt is caused by the rich refusing to contribute. Everyone needs adequate healthcare, housing, clean food and water, transport, and a pristine environment.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

This argument lends weight to the specious idea that taxation on wealth hoarding is necessary to pay for the provision of society.

Provisioning healthcare, housing, food, water, transport, and a liveable environment is not constrained by financing, it’s an exclusively social and political choice to not allocate or deploy the appropriate resources.

The financially obese should be euthanised through taxation, not because we need their money, but because they’re an existential threat to any society that tolerates them.