Quote Originally Posted by honedright View Post
In my rendering I proposed an argument where Hades could be preferred over Florida.

So now you are saying that, if slavery = Hades, and redistributive taxation = Florida, you agree with the ranking: slavery (Hades) preferred over redistributive taxation (Florida), and not the other way around.
Sorry, not interested in silly games. If you want to address the problems I outlined with your understanding of Locke, go ahead, but I'm not that interested in deciphering weird metaphors - I simply admit I failed at it and most definitely don't want to argue about their meaning.

I thought we were done after the post you deleted, and didn't even realize you added two more.