I don't know which country you live in, but even though my country is not socialist, I am not against the government paying salaries to disabled people. For the elderly, there is a thing called the retirement system. If you didn't invest for retirement when you were young, should my taxes feed you when you are old?
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That’s exactly the problem — you think taxes are some magic piggy bank that “gives back” later. No, taxes are forcibly taken from others under threat. Libertarianism isn’t about hating the elderly — it’s about rejecting a system where one group is entitled to live off another by law.
If someone paid into a retirement system voluntarily, I support that. But when you force others to subsidize people who didn’t plan ahead, you’re no longer helping — you’re stealing.
Honestly, from what you wrote, it’s clear you don’t even know what you’re defending. You’re just talking to talk.
He did plan ahead, he worked his whole life and paid taxes so that he would get retirement money back when he was old. If you don't like taxes, then don't work. Nobody is forcing you to work right?
And yeah those darn kids are just massive leeches who we are forced by law to subsidize, it would be much better if we sent them back to the mines so they could earn their keep on their own! The owners of those mines are such good people and will pay them a really good wage for that work.
the point is not believing that taxes are magical, but believing that everyone deserves a bite of fundamental human rights.
Everyone is forced to pay taxes (let's not pretend that people can abandon society and go live in the woods), but it's simply disappointing and sad to see that people pretend that the actual economy is the only possible way of living.
Instead of tryng to sound smart, just go ahead and say that you have no empathy for others.