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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
It shouldn't be spent at all; it shouldn't be taxed at all. People know better how to spend their money, and if they weren't taught from birth that the state will do things for them, and they needed a road, they'd organize and build it.
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I find this really relevant from an ebook perspective, because I think the same argument is applied from the other side in the copyright/public domain debate.
The libertarian stance can be boiled down to the interests of any single person should not be overwhelmed by the group. Each person should be allowed to take care of themselves, and also shouldn't have to take care of anyone other than themselves.
The social liberal stance is that people should band together to collectively provide needed services (usually through the state, via taxes). Each person will only have to partially care for themselves and are forced (via tax collection) to take care of the community at large.
It feels to me like the same argument for/against long copyright periods. Do the needs/wants of the few (content creators) outweigh the needs/wants of the many (society at large).