Most of the financial "upkeep" you mention there is imposed in the form of taxation, not required for those to exist. Therefore it is an artificial and arbitrary upkeep. I do expect to pay to renew my passport or a VISA, since there’s people working on that so it could be used as revenue to pay for their services.
There’s plenty of countries where informal businesses thrive and don’t pay a dime to the government whose market make a significant portion of the entire economy.
Considering only what the elites have as something of consequence and only worthy talking about/considering is a really grim and narrow view which of course is going to leave a lot to be desired from an argument.
Cameri /
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2025-04-08 20:44:54
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