In needing to be right, you wind up looking like a prick. I can’t sugarcoat it.
The aim of life is to do good things for good reasons.
We know taxation is immoral but there are many resentful people in the world who rely on it and don’t want the gravy train to end. It’s not complicated and most people believe they should pay taxes (the price of living in a civilised society, blah blah) because they’ve been so persistently guilt-tripped into the belief.
Income tax was levied in Britain to fund the Napoleonic wars. There’s nought so permanent as a temporary government programme.
I’ve just been in my attic finding yet more useful things hidden between the rafters, had yet another satisfying clear-out, going back to solid foundations, able to move around more freely and more easily. That’s the goal.
You have to ask yourself what you’re basing your decisions on. Are you another angry man who believes in ‘wealth distribution’? Do you believe it’s just for elected officials to say what you can and can’t do? Are you desperately trying to cram every event into your worldview no matter how ham-fisted or clumsy it is?
The truth is we need each other. Countries are their people. We go mad when we don’t interact. We can be selective, yes but there is no point in arbitrarily alienating people by writing them off for a different point of view.
Believe me, I am still very much a work in progress on this front.
