• @SneakyThunder
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    311 months ago

    The possession of personal property can’t earn you any money

    If I understand it correctly my laptop and 3d printer, are private property since I can make money with those…

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      111 months ago

      If it’s for personal use then it’s your personal property, it’s not that hard to understand.

      If you rent it out or otherwise claim (and enforce / impose) ownership while not being the only one to use / benefit from / depend on it, then it’s private property.

      • @SneakyThunder
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        11 months ago

        I’m not sure if thats required here, but it’s totally possible without asking for government permission

        Edit: i might be wrong here because of “legal speak” language barrier, but if I understand correctly you can make money from your business as a regular person just fine (legally). There’s just a limit on how much you can earn before needing yo register as a business

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          You can make exactly $600 per year off your personal property before you run afoul of tax laws in the USA.

          • @SneakyThunder
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            211 months ago

            Thats sad(

            There its ~25k$ IIRC. (Although doesn’t count net profit, just all money you recive)

            But there’s huge gray market here, and I’m sure US has it too

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              111 months ago

              Tax evasion is like pornography. Everybody takes part in it, but you’re never supposed to get caught. Walking that tightrope perfectly will lead you straight to the White House.

              • @SneakyThunder
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                111 months ago

                I guess US just sucks if you want some independence in your life…

                But back to my original point, without a state and violence what would stop me from owning that property and making money/accumulateing capital with it? (Although I personally think that just trade is free market and not capitalism, but I’m not sure about your view on this)

                Also as a fun anecdote: our government used taxpayers money to put ads asking people to “get out of gray” and pay taxes 🤣 That’s how big gray market here

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                  211 months ago

                  There’s nothing to stop you, which is why communities grow into hierarchies. Those hierarchies eventually destroy communities and start using scapegoats to excuse their own corruption and failure. As long as people accept these lies, the scapegoating turns into genocide. There is an alternate ending though, and that’s for enough people to become aware of societal injustice to establish a community that’s larger than the hierarchies, and force reallocation of resources to create an egalitarian society. That’s why conservatives, all of whom are invested in the scapegoating tactics, are anti-woke.

                  • @SneakyThunder
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                    111 months ago

                    I guess that makes sense. Although usually when it comes to achieving such grand goals through education, people might reject some parts of the teaching. Which might result in blaming this “irrationality” on some group, which would be later genocided.

                    Not saying that will happen just saying that we have to keep it in mind and act more like Makhno for example. He was ready to accept democratic vote even if people decided to go back to imperialism.

                    I wonder how much different today’s world would be if they weren’t crushed by soviets…