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> I would want to exchange peanuts and consequently owe no taxes. This idea is at odds with the concept of the modern nation state. You can't have running stat
by bluetomcat 4y ago
> I would want to exchange peanuts and consequently owe no taxes.
This idea is at odds with the concept of the modern nation state. You can't have running state institutions and an army that, in theory, should provide some level of security of the state borders. Having many groups of people, each exchanging peanuts, beans or stones would lead to a decreased level of trust and no concept of national unity.
- yakak 4y agoI don't get your point or you don't get mine. The individual individual's incentives are to have benefits without them being measurable income so Tax being about dollars makes dollars less desirable without many more actions from the state to force dollar measurable transactions.
- yellowapple 4y ago> This idea is at odds with the concept of the modern nation state. Good.