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This reminds me of both the non-fiction The Sovereign Individual, people moving to lower tax rate jurisdictions, and also, William Gibson’s cyberpunk novels whe
by mark_l_watson 6y ago
This reminds me of both the non-fiction The Sovereign Individual, people moving to lower tax rate jurisdictions, and also, William Gibson’s cyberpunk novels where mega corporations set up archologies where people live and work and governments are irrelevant.
My wife and I considered several years ago moving to a low cost tropical area and decided not to because the US government makes it very difficult to do banking while living elsewhere, and we decided to not be so far away from family and friends.
- atlasunshrugged 6y agoIf you enjoyed those books I highly recommend Malka Older's Infomocracy series which talks about micro-states and an overarching government authority which controls 'information' As a fellow American I agree it's a bit of a pain to move and do taxes in several places (and potentially be liable for taxes in multiple jurisdictions depending on income) but with a good accountant it's not that bad and getting bank checking (not savings) accounts abroad isn't too hard.
- mark_l_watson 6y agoThanks, I bought Infomocracy a few years ago, and set it aside. I just downloaded it again and will give it another try.