Gaywallet (they/it) to Technology@beehaw.org • 7 months agoPluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”pluralistic.netmessage-square215arrow-up1352arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlhackernews
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minus-square@MJBrune@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•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-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agono, they don’t: people make things without being paid all the time.
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.