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And even if that weren't the case, it's still not democratic to let people individually decide who gets what dollar. We build states so that we can direct their action through democratic means, using our votes. That's the best way

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Not sure the abolition of private property is going to turn out the way you think it will.

How did you jump from that comment to 'abolition of private property'?

“it's still not democratic to let people individually decide who gets what dollar.”

Only way to prevent people from deciding who gets their dollars is to abolish private property and let the state make all those decisions.

That's not a realistic position to take, no society works on that principle. The state always levies taxes (ok, Somalia may be excepted here) and the state always does the allocation of that money.

Exactly

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