aljaz on Nostr: "Do I have the right to come to your house and take your property? You answer, ...
"Do I have the right to come to your house and take your property?
You answer, ‘No’.
How about if I convince ten others that it is a good idea?
(You still answer ‘No’.)
Then why does it become ‘moral’ when I convince a majority of the people in your town to take your stuff? And if I do not have the moral right to loot you, by what right does a government do so?"
From: A lodging of wayfaring men, Paul Rosenberg
You answer, ‘No’.
How about if I convince ten others that it is a good idea?
(You still answer ‘No’.)
Then why does it become ‘moral’ when I convince a majority of the people in your town to take your stuff? And if I do not have the moral right to loot you, by what right does a government do so?"
From: A lodging of wayfaring men, Paul Rosenberg