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[Statism](http://kentmcmanigal.blogspot.com/2009/07/statists-definition.html) insulates itself (or pretends to) from reality by automatically disqualifying all opposing views. It's like an immune response.



To say "taxation is theft" means you aren't a "serious part" of "the conversation"; you are automatically ignored because to fund Big Political Government, theft... I mean ["taxation"](http://blog.kentforliberty.com/p/kentforliberty-taxation.html)... is *necessary*. Anyone who doesn't like taxation is automatically disqualified from being taken seriously. According to the view of government supremacists, anyway.



Yet I don't *entirely* disagree with their entire argument. "Taxation" *is* necessary to fund political government. No question. That's part of the reason "taxation" is [unethical](http://blog.kentforliberty.com/2011/03/morality-vs-ethics-definitions.html). There's also the whole "theft is unethical" thing, too.



That's not the only subject where they play this trick. It happens all the time. And it's a lie every time they do it.



I understand, when you have no real argument you do every sneaky thing you can to "win". You'll shut out any other voices however you can. You'll reject ethics because it gets in the way of what you want to get away with doing. But that doesn't make it right. It just compounds the wrong you're committing.


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