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That's a very silly way to look at it. Corporations extract value from society. Why shouldn't they pay back what they owe?

And the state has democratic control and oversight (ideally at least, much to be improved). Corporations are completely unaccountable.

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It is peculiar to me how people view what a company does (accepting mutually consensual payments in return for valuable life-improving products and services) as 'exploitative', while taxes, which are in economic terms what's called rent seeking, happen to be some universal good.

It seems you've managed to get things completely reversed.

To me too. Unfortunately this brainwashed view of the world is more common than anything else.

That's a strange worldview, corporations are typically seen as adding to the value of a society. They generally become profitable by providing people a better alternative than a competitor.

I as an individual add value to society. I generally become profitable by providing other people a better alternative labor/services than competing humans.

Can I also get zero income tax rate? Can I also get the freedom of movement to move to tax havens and hide my existence and income in a web of different identities?

Sure, if you get citizenship in the UAE, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, even Puerto Rico, you can avoid paying income tax.

That's my point. Labor doesn't have equal rights as capital

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