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The government is doing it. But the government is not making decisions. It's just giving everyone their share.

Please see the Alaska example. Alaska isn't authoritarian.

Sir, the Alaska fund is run by a government corporation governed by government employees and government appointees. The government decides how it's funded. The government decides how the money is spent. It's all government, and it's completely authoritarian because there's nothing voluntary about it.

I'm not sure how I can word this better. There's a difference between paying out the same amount to every person, versus picking specific things to put money into. I'm sure you can figure out what I mean.

> it's completely authoritarian because there's nothing voluntary about it

Yeah okay. It's exactly as authoritarian as every other tax. I thought you were using normal person language; I'm not going to argue semantics.

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