Peter Todd on Nostr: Obviously saying "without taxes" assumes government is unable to collect taxes; ...
Obviously saying "without taxes" assumes government is unable to collect taxes; genocidal governments aren't going to just stop collecting taxes and quit out of the goodness of their hearts.
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