Yes, people should send proper market signals. But people don't want the opportunity to do so because they don't understand the importance of doing so. If you can help people understand the importance of using their Netflix fees to communicate their valuation of content... then it will be a lot easier for them to understand the importance of using their tax dollars to communicate their valuation of public goods. And once people can choose where their taxes go... if the government trains a gun to your chest and demands something.... then it will be because your neighbors are paying the government to do so. So you would be able to clearly see that the problem isn't the government... it's your neighbors.

Am I certain that your neighbors will be willing to use their taxes to pay the government to point a gun at your chest? If I was, then I would be a socialist. That's what socialism is. It's the assumption of people's valuations. I don't assume people's valuations. I don't assume Netflix users' valuation of content. I would not be willing to bet that horror movies would receive X% of the pie and romantic comedies would receive Y% of the pie and documentaries would receive Z% of the pie. If I can't predict how Netflix users are going to allocate their fees then I certainly can't predict how taxpayers are going to allocate their taxes.

In economic terms... right now we don't know the demand for coercion. We know the demand for donuts, and sneakers, and laptops.... but we don't know the demand for coercion. The demand for coercion is not known.... it is assumed. Again, that's socialism. So far all you know... the actual demand for coercion is vanishingly small. Or it could be pretty large. But in any case, in order to make an informed decision.... you have to have accurate information. And right now you don't have accurate information because people don't understand the importance of accurate value signals.

Maybe, if we put our heads together, we could persuade Steem of the importance of accurate value signals. Once we got the ball rolling... it would be unstoppable. Sooner rather than later... people could choose where their taxes go and we'd see the true demand for coercion.