Re: humanism vs. transhumanism

Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:12:18 -0400


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Charlotte Shore wrote:

>In other words, it is much more difficult nowadays, with
>greatly increased gov't taxation on our incomes and everything else
>within sight, to save enough to go into one's own business.
>
> [...]
>
>These facts would make the gentleman's argument more true than false,
>IMO.

Except that the argument was not that taxation makes going into business
more difficult, but that it is impossible, because the non-capital owning
proletariat cannot afford it, being as poor as we are.

I totally agree with your point, but it is an argument for decreasing/
reorganizing taxation, not to eliminate privately-owned capital.

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