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Originally Posted by redpoint5

You also misread the context of my use of violence, as the context was the system doing harm to the innocent individual. Violence doesn't necessarily imply physical harm; one of the definitions is "an unjust or unwarranted exertion of force or power, as against rights". This is the definition I invoked.

Is taxation by government harmful to the individual?

Root means that no further cause can be attributed to the state of being.

Huh? That's philosophical double-speak.

Peter being robbed to pay Paul can never be the root problem, because he would never be robbed if Paul didn't "need" to be paid.

Who's doing the robbing? The STATE. The governmental STATE, not "the state of being".

The beginning of both peoples problem still lies with Paul's poverty, hence the root problem.

So the "problem" is that Paul is "poor" and the STATE is invoked by those like you to make things even, square and fair, and "just" - according to you and as many masses of people that can vote for "justice", AKA political coercion.

That's the essence of socialism.

Clearly untrue. The flu cannot be eliminated by political force. Things would actually be much easier if political force were effective because the solution to any problem could be government intervention. As we know, government intervention often has unintended consequences and fails to achieve the objective.

But you still support it. I won't excoriate you for having a Socialist mentality. It's a free world and we are free to think and espouse whatever we wish, including Socialism. But I will point out that taxing Peter to pay Paul is a Socialistic notion.

I've never heard that word before, and I'm surprised English doesn't have an equivalent. It's an important concept, and something that isn't in the conscious thought of most people.

I assume you are referring to shadenfreude. It a German word, from the same folks who gave the world National Socialism. You can look it up and realize its meaning.

You might also become aware that the National Socialist party of Germany was referred to with an infamous, well known, abbreviation. (Hint: we probably know what it is, and to where it leads.)

BTW, another attribute of Socialism is that "misery loves company". If we vote for being miserable, we will spread the coercive misery such that virtually every one (except the rich) are affected by it.

Then will you be satisfied?

Shadenfreude...