Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoPluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”pluralistic.netexternal-linkmessage-square299fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down10
arrow-up1352arrow-down1external-linkPluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”pluralistic.netGaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square299fedilink
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.
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.