You literally said lets think about 1625. If your point is we should socialize more, I agree! I don't agree that somehow taxes are the primary reason we don't

You literally said lets think about 1625. If your point is we should socialize more, I agree! I don't agree that somehow taxes are the primary reason we don't socialize. IMO, socializing is hard because with the good comes challenges. Technology has given us a fake version of socialization with apparently fewer challenges, so many people opt in for that instead. Only later do people realize the fake version doesn't have most of the benefits of real socialization, and by then it's often too hard for people to switch course. Honestly, 50 Cent said it best, Sunny days wouldn't be special, if it wasn't for rain. Joy wouldn't feel so good, if it wasn't for pain. Death gotta be easy, 'cause life is hard It'll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred.