Re: Question for ACists about charity/welfare
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2.) I would vote for a law forcing a very wealthy minority to give $z to support x.
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Let's be fair. I think that's much more illustrative of liberalism.
ACists don't want these programs to exist. That's the whole point. It's like asking how we'd operate a drug war in an ACist society; you wouldn't. Subsidies reward unproductivity and punish productivity. We consider this to be economically detrimental. That's a big part of our position.
If individuals are not willing to give enough of their own money voluntarily to help the poor, then that is prima facie evidence that the poor are not worth much to society.
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