Comment on "Yeah, but what if we used AI?"
qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months agoI’m not a native speaker but the way I understand it fundamentally means “at the most basic level”.
www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fundamentally
I can’t find anything paradoxical in the statement “I think the system is evil at the most basic level”, but if you do, I’m sorry for misspeaking, I hope that after this clarification you can see what I was trying to convey.
Will you now respond to the substance of the argument or continue to avoid it by asking questions and arguing about semantics?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The substance of your argument is based on your subjective opinion. There’s nothing to answer. Taxation will continue to be a thing regardless of your subjective opinion.
qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
The substance of the argument is why do you think taxation is better than the system I proposed. I told you why I think taxation is bad and I told you why I think my system would be better.
Your response:
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I explained why very clearly- when applied fairly, it distributes money to places where it is most needed, whether people want to pay for those places to improve or not.
Your system would result in things like the small, very poor black neighborhood in a Southern town never getting any improvements because the white people with money are a bunch of racists. With taxes, they don’t have a choice. Good.
qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
It’s like saying that a water powered car would be better than a gasoline car if only it was working.
The reality is that it doesn’t distribute money to the poor but to the politicians and corporations.
My system might not be perfect but at least it can’t be abused to the point that a tax system can and is a lot more efficient.