All States practise taxation and redistribution. WHICH favoured group of parasites get first dibs on the loot varies.
There are no exceptions to this rule, and we can follow it back at least 5000 years.
All States, and most Chiefdoms tax and redistribute. Clan and Band societies do not.
We need to invent new ways of living that build on the latter.
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2025-04-10 11:13:10
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