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[–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

fines

fund social programs

I think this is just called "taxes" in a functional society.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Taxes, tariffs, and fees, sure.

    But even that's just an end-run around publicly staffed and administered enterprises. Why do you even need a private middleman to begin with? Taxation is a means of reorganizing currency, sure. But a nation's real material wealth is in its sovereignty, its industry, and its natural resources.

    Rather than letting a handful of grifters and gatekeepers rent-seek off the public, then skimming a vig off the top, we could abolish the landlord class entirely and manage the productive forces democratically.

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