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Explain Like I'm Five

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[โ€“] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 28 minutes ago) (1 children)

the argument against it that I see the most is that governments are inherently corruptible and bad at managing taxpayer money and so it's destined to become a big scam.

fair enough, to be honest

[โ€“] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 0 points 10 minutes ago

yeah but it does that shit anyway under Capitalism. XD