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The ef? This is like taxing to exist. How backwards is this? Wow!!
by nine_zeros 7y ago
The ef? This is like taxing to exist. How backwards is this? Wow!!
- wahern 7y agoTaxing to exist is call a capitation tax or poll tax. It's perfectly legal in many jurisdiction and even explicitly permitted in the U.S. Constitution. Though, penalties for inability to pay such a tax might run afoul of Substantive Due Process rights, constitute a Cruel and Unusual Punishment, or some similar open-ended clause; likewise for foreign constitutions.
- duelingjello 7y agoLast gasps of an enormous neocolonial empire on the verge of collapse include: - omnicidal/suicidal acts like mass shootings - ineffective journalism - standard / inverted totalitarianism - corrupt, stagnant leadership only doing the bidding of the very rich - cruel, unreasonable treatment of average people - atomizing and dissolution of communities - celebrity chefs