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You okay babe? (lemmy.world)
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[+] -14 points 6 months ago (11 children)

"stolen" is such a cringe ancap term

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I understand what you're saying, but could also be literal wage theft, or also more abstractly, from the view of labor theory of value

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I don't understand what they're saying, what does the concept of theft have to do with ancap?

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The 40% number indicates that they're talking about taxes.

    And it would be a very ancap / libertarian take to be upset about 40% of your pay going to public causes, instead of being upset about the fact that your CEO probably pays you about ten cents for every dollar of value you generate (if even that).

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Besides, only a part of taxes goes to enriching the wealthy. Some is still used for good, useful causes.

    Of course, rightwing grifters are hard at work to change that, but for now, some part of taxes is useful and good.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    And very few working class people have an effective tax rate of 40%, even in high tax states

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Including the money your workplace pays for you? SS and such? In Spain if we include everything it's close to 40% if you earn like 30k gross and above (without counting what the company pays for you, counting what they withhold for you)

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