Uploaded August 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This talking point stems off of the argument that voluntaryism is superior to the strawman argument about force when applied to mandatory government regulation and tax collection.
I say it's a strawman because the way that AnCaps use it makes it seem as though they have a legitimate reason not to pay their taxes when they do not, and that consequently the use of "force" is a bad thing, when it's merely retaliatory force against those who choose to break the law and hoard all of the earnings they do not make in isolation to themselves when they don't have that right.
I explain why their argument is nothing more than an appeal to emotion, and I address several assumptions along the way.
This talking point stems off of the argument that voluntaryism is superior to the strawman argument about force when applied to mandatory government regulation and tax collection.
I say it's a strawman because the way that AnCaps use it makes it seem as though they have a legitimate reason not to pay their taxes when they do not, and that consequently the use of "force" is a bad thing, when it's merely retaliatory force against those who choose to break the law and hoard all of the earnings they do not make in isolation to themselves when they don't have that right.
I explain why their argument is nothing more than an appeal to emotion, and I address several assumptions along the way.
