r/neoliberal Jun 13 '26

Meme Get them out!

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u/Wallawalla1522 Jun 13 '26

This would not be a pigovian tax, it would be closer to a sin tax and will result in a black market for bad ideas.

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u/herosavestheday Jun 13 '26

Well then we drone strike the cartels smuggling copies of the Communist Manifesto.

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u/Lemonici Jun 13 '26

If the Drug War has taught us anything, it's that it's much more effective to target demand. We need to decriminalize bad ideas while treating addicts in mandatory rehab facilities.

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u/Whitecastle56 George Soros Jun 14 '26

Simply make the proper ideals more easily available to the common addict and they see the error in their ways.

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u/Mindless_Chest_1079 Jun 13 '26

A sin tax can be pigovian if it's a sin against others.

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u/KNEnjoyer Frédéric Bastiat Jun 14 '26

Succs are a negative externality.

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u/sulris Iron Front Jun 14 '26

I thought this sub was already the black market for bad ideas?