Strawmen and ignorance of shills for hire aside, is it not a mistake (both technically and tactically) to link anarchism with voluntaryism? Yes they are necessarily related movements but to my understanding, voluntaryists are for government, just not the state as we know it. They propose voluntary government associations, of which there could be many in parallel. You'd pay taxes to who you choose to pay taxes to.
You could say the same result would happen under anarcho-capitalism, but that's a broader ideal that doesn't really define a "solution" beyond property rights. Voluntaryism is one solution.
Well this is where we get into a more semantical argument. Is a voluntary association a government? It technically doesn't govern or rule over you for it's entirely voluntary. That's the foundation of it.
You'd pay taxes to who you choose to pay taxes to.
Again, a semantics argument. It wouldn't be taxes at that point, it would be a bill for it's entirely your choice to engage in getting certain services. I'm not being "taxed" when I go fill up my car, I'm paying for the goods and services I have asked for. And really, this mentality is of treating payment and taxes the same is ultimately what leads to ideas like "The Social Contract" that nobody ever agreed to but we are for some reason beholden to.
Strawmen and ignorance of shills for hire aside, is it not a mistake (both technically and tactically) to link anarchism with voluntaryism? Yes they are necessarily related movements but to my understanding, voluntaryists are for government, just not the state as we know it. They propose voluntary government associations, of which there could be many in parallel. You'd pay taxes to who you choose to pay taxes to.
You could say the same result would happen under anarcho-capitalism, but that's a broader ideal that doesn't really define a "solution" beyond property rights. Voluntaryism is one solution.
Well this is where we get into a more semantical argument. Is a voluntary association a government? It technically doesn't govern or rule over you for it's entirely voluntary. That's the foundation of it.
Again, a semantics argument. It wouldn't be taxes at that point, it would be a bill for it's entirely your choice to engage in getting certain services. I'm not being "taxed" when I go fill up my car, I'm paying for the goods and services I have asked for. And really, this mentality is of treating payment and taxes the same is ultimately what leads to ideas like "The Social Contract" that nobody ever agreed to but we are for some reason beholden to.