• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    1 year ago

    this is a pointless argument “free” means “free at the point of access”

    Like roads. You would describe being able to walk or drive down a road as “free” even though you did technically pay for them via taxes

    The distinction is completely irrelevant and pedantic

    • protistEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I was responding to the guy above me who said students and the elderly don’t pay taxes