No, the VAST majority of our wealth is used to blow shit up and kill people we personally have no gripe against. Then, it goes to prop up corporations too greedy and incompetent to stay in business. While there is definitely an economy of scale, we don't get nearly the benefit socially from our tax wealth that we should. I understand that we still maintain a higher standard of living than most and we are very blessed to be in that position, but we experience nearly the same issues as everywhere else, ours is just more civilized. Why would our govt need bribes when there are licenses, permits, fees, fines and layers of taxes? The beauty of a stateless world is that "enforcement" wouldn't even be necessary, so long as we maintained the voluntary aspects. Local enforcement of actual crimes against actual individuals (not the state or a corporation) could be dealt with on a regional basis.
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I guess it is the same everywhere. Governments are corrupt. Dude I love this platform. I am learning everyday, and as somebody recently commented on one of my posts.
Freedom = Voluntarism
If you don't have the choice to not participate, you don't really have freedom, you may have choices, but you are a prisoner of the state in a very real sense.
That's the hardest part for people to accept, and until they do, they aren't able to hear anything else. It all starts with understanding what markmorrisjr just said.
if I wanted to peacefully live my life away from the monster of empire, men in uniforms would eventually come for me to drag me back and cage me. That I'm "encouraged" to "vote" on who will be my jailor does not ease my sentence. We were never asked if we wanted to finance this abstract, corrupt social contract.
@prufarchy and @markrmorrisjr thank you for the great insight. Following both of you now.