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Only possible thanks to government policy wielded through regulatory capture. Not a free market outcome.

• dmitriid 6y ago
  Ok then. What would taxes look like in a "free market" where "no one is entitled to anything"?
  • OCASM 6y ago
    There would be no taxes, only voluntary cooperation.
    • dmitriid 6y ago
      What is this ideal world, I want to live in it. Reality and all of history tells us that doesn't work at scale.
      • OCASM 6y ago
        The US used to have very little taxation. It worked fine then. Ever increasing government reach wasn't always the norm.
        • dmitriid 6y ago
          When was this "very little taxation that worked"?