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re: Am I stupid?
Posted on 1/2/26 at 4:22 pm to RFK
Posted on 1/2/26 at 4:22 pm to RFK
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I trust the law will continue to hold those accountable who do not uphold their end of the social contract.
I have signed no “social contract” with ANY governmental entity. I pay taxes because if I don’t, I will be locked in a cage.
That isn’t a contract. It is simply extortion based on a legitimate threat of violence.
This post was edited on 1/2/26 at 4:24 pm
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Posted on 1/2/26 at 4:23 pm to RFK
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What you’re describing is a minority.
Not only minorities commit fraud you racist tard.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 4:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
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It's not about intelligence as much as risk tolerance.
How much tolerance do you have to risk going to jail for several years (up to decades), losing everything, shaming yourself and your family, etc.?
Which is exactly why the whole political sham works. We all value safety and comfort more than right or wrong, which might be an ok gamble. Therefore, we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of, for the political class to run rufshod over law, decency and fairness.
It is what it is. We can all sit here and complain, but without actually taking a risk - it is what it is.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 5:07 pm to Freauxzen
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Which is exactly why the whole political sham works. We all value safety and comfort more than right or wrong,
You're going in a completely different direction.
Criminals have always shown that they have more risk tolerance in this scenario. This has been a thing since Sumer. Hell, specifically, you can go back to the Code of Hammurabi in Babylon to see concrete proof. The only reason it was necessary to create a code with criminal punishments was due to people making these same choices 4000 years ago.
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Therefore, we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of, for the political class
Why bring up the "political class"?
Dude in OP is talking about lower level criminals.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 5:10 pm to Bwmdx
You're stupid.. I'm stupid.. We're all stupid but at least none of us are Tim Walz Retarded!
Posted on 1/2/26 at 5:10 pm to RFK
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What you’re describing is a minority.
So as long as fraud consumes less than 50% of the funding, it's all good?
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I trust the law will continue to hold those accountable who do not uphold their end of the social contract.
That's not only stupid but flies in the face of well-documented recent history.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 5:13 pm to Bwmdx
You’re content being plugged into the matrix as a tax cash cow probably at a 9-5 job. A cog in someone else’s machine.
Some people prefer that or some prefer to start businesses
Has to do with if someone is ambitious or not imo
Some people prefer that or some prefer to start businesses
Has to do with if someone is ambitious or not imo
This post was edited on 1/2/26 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 1/2/26 at 5:21 pm to Toomer Deplorable
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I have signed no “social contract” with ANY governmental entity. I pay taxes because if I don’t, I will be locked in a cage.
I’m going to assume that it was a reference to John Locke’s Social Contract, as Jefferson and Madison borrowed from it. It simply means that the people agree to yield power to their elected government in exchange for that government protecting the rights of the people and serving the will of the people.
THAT social contract hasn’t been honored on the government end since I can remember, and Locke said that when it’s not, the people have the obligation to change or overturn that government.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 7:19 am to High C
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I’m going to assume that it was a reference to John Locke’s Social Contract, as Jefferson and Madison borrowed from it. It simply means that the people agree to yield power to their elected government in exchange for that government protecting the rights of the people and serving the will of the people.
I understand the concept: we pay taxes and in exchange, the state provides us with stability, security, and the numerous benefits associated with a civilized society. Yet if such a fanciful romantic notion ever occurred in the distance annals of history, Abraham Lincoln obliterated any pretense to such a "social contract" when the southern states attempted secession.
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THAT social contract hasn’t been honored on the government end since I can remember, and Locke said that when it’s not, the people have the obligation to change or overturn that government.
Exactly. Further, none of us has ever signed on the dotted line of this supposed contract and it makes a mockery of legal principles to suggest anyone can be held to a binding legal contract without the consent of the principal.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 7:21 am to RFK
Minority?
Who gives a frick? Billions are being stolen. Trillions are being wasted. This isn’t up for debate.
Who gives a frick? Billions are being stolen. Trillions are being wasted. This isn’t up for debate.
Posted on 1/3/26 at 7:23 am to RFK
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I trust the law will continue to hold those accountable who do not uphold their end of the social contract.
yeh Right The whole frickin system is rigged to frick the working man you ain't got it yet
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