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<<Inflation is really no worse than taxation ... An objection to inflation is an objection to tax a priori; which is fine, I simply ask for an awareness that the two items come as a package.>>

Which is the point Libertarians are trying to make! Taxation is theft according to libertarians. Inflation, like taxation, is theft. You actually ended up agreeing with them by saying that inflation is no worse than taxation. To libertarians, tax and inflation are both theft.

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And both positions are absurd. That was the point.

The point that you made was mere opinion you hold. You did nothing to substantiate why either positions are absurd.

Instead of telling libertarians "Why inflation is not theft ", you ended up echoing the libertarian sentiment that inflation is no worse than taxation.

If the article persuaded libertarians that their claim 'inflation is government stealing your money' is as fanatical as 'taxation is government stealing your money', then it has done its job.

It simply argues that both statements should be treated with contempt, especially since the former has recently been in vogue.

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