Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoPluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”pluralistic.netexternal-linkmessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkPluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”pluralistic.netGaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square215fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareMJBrune@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoso use isn’t tied to paying. one has nothing to do with the other.
minus-squareMJBrune@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.