11/25/2023 0 Comments Aveage game of monopoly meme![]() ![]() The libertarian logic wishes both to receive the absolute benefit of legitimacy from government without thinking you owe anything to it. The workers maintaining your wealth are educated by the government, the land rights that connect your train systems, every function of your unfettered wealth is privileged to you because the public has been paying into it, and allowing it. Your suite in the problematic Oriental Heights is considered your property because it is recognized and protected by law enforcement and government paid by taxes. The reason I am not able to smack you in the face with a thimble and steal your stuff is because there are laws enforced by and at the benefit of the public through our government agencies. In order to pass go you need to first drive on roads paid for by taxes. In actuality your relationship with the government is a lot more mutualistic than you tend to admit. Being a member of a society especially America offers you certain benefits (privileges if you will) that sustain your wealth which in return require revenue streams to sustain them. Rich Uncle Milburn Pennybags, the first trouble I have with libertarian thinking is the naive belief that freedom exists in a vacuum, and all money attained received no aid from the public. In this flawed thinking taxes are tantamount to theft because money you earn has everything to do with your hard work and the super powers of freedom, and everything someone gains out of the government is leeching. Every time you collect earnings it doesn’t go to the poor it goes to the government who dictates services for the welfare of the country (mentioned in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution). Even if you don’t actively use them they are available to you as a citizen. Unfortunately Mr. I don’t believe any system communist or otherwise asks you to lend your house for the sake of the collective. Socialism doesn’t require you to give up property, it asks you to give in taxes. ![]() Let us assume by you “passing go” and “collecting 200 dollars” indicates your average income be it weekly, monthly, or however mustachioed men in top hats collect earnings. (or is it Uncle) Pennybags, I have a few issues with its content. So when I saw this article in my newsfeed which claimed to explain liberal beliefs (in all caps) PERFECTLY! I was shocked when I found out it was modeled after my favorite capitalism for babies board game. The fear of seeing myself within your shrugging shoulders, empty pockets exposed to the world was too much to bear. So like any enterprising juvenile, I gobbled up property and made back deals not listed in the rules, so that I with my metallic shoe stood victorious in the end. That winning involves the complete taking of property and money, and that your luck can change at any point either by winning a beauty pageant or collecting inheritance. ![]() Your lovely game taught me many things about capitalism. My favorite part of any game night was the moment when conflicts over owning Marvin Gardens caused the board to be flipped over, plastic houses cast to the air like a cascading rain of green and red choking hazards. A regular theme that I will be running on my blog is an in-depth conversation with memes, and their weird internet attempts to make a point.įirst let me say how much joy, and fun I had arguing with my parents and siblings over the costs of hotels, the benefits of buying utilities, and the much maligned “free parking rule”. On my blog Back to Civics (link in my profile), I not only discuss social issues important to me, but wish to talk about how social issues are reflected in pop culture.
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