Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 7 months agoPluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”pluralistic.netexternal-linkmessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews
arrow-up1352arrow-down1external-linkPluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”pluralistic.netGaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 7 months agomessage-square215fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews
minus-squareMJBrune@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoYes, you do, in the form of buying gas or paying taxes. You don’t even have to use the bridge to have to pay for it.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoso use isn’t tied to paying. one has nothing to do with the other.
minus-squareMJBrune@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt depends on the system. In taxes, yes. Use isn’t tied to paying. In consumer goods and services, they are not paid by taxes. So they do have a direct use/buy causation.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agono, they don’t: people make things without being paid all the time.
Yes, you do, in the form of buying gas or paying taxes. You don’t even have to use the bridge to have to pay for it.
so use isn’t tied to paying. one has nothing to do with the other.
It depends on the system. In taxes, yes. Use isn’t tied to paying. In consumer goods and services, they are not paid by taxes. So they do have a direct use/buy causation.
no, they don’t: people make things without being paid all the time.