This is why civil society has been failing. Taxes.

Oh,,, and Merry Christmas.. for most.

I'll say it again on "Old Christmas Day" after the 12 days of Christmas have passed. January 6th and or 7th.

Epiphany!

5 stars

For those that don't know... income tax was supposed to be a temporary war effort measure.

I suppose (not surprisingly) that those measure were never lifted when these economies boomed because of it.

Simply put... now we're paying for it.

History is LONG... the last hundred years is a drop of piddle on the seat compared to the greater puddle.

Take comfort.. this stuff happened before you or I were born, most likely. I take comfort in that.

Anyway.
Wanna talk about how old school laws slowly became religious rulesets that usually only make sense in retrospect?
Or is that going too far, too fast?

Hehehe

Thank you, kindly.

In all honesty, If I wanted to save the world, I'd super duper pin something like this and leave it up for years.
If God came down from the Heavens and asked.. "What's wrong, Paul?"

This is what I'd tell him.

Last Edited by Hehehe on 12/25/2021 05:58 PM

Yes.

Communism by stealth.

You might recall

in America

at one time

the tax on tea was too high....

.

Once upon a time in America

Two additions:

Universal Suffrage ~>WWII ~> Income Tax ~> Women working ~> Sexual Revolution/The Pill ~>Feminism ~> Divorce Rates ~> Family Unit Degradation ~> Population Decline ~> Immigration ~> Conflict

they even came up with a catchy little Neuro number

'death and taxxes'

Those low down dirty Elves.

All because of them.

Uh huh..
"What an odd pairing..."
Hehehe

Taxes themselves aren't really this issue I've seen.
A reasonable development through the ages of simple barter, trade and lending to a medium of exchange in bits of useful metal or stones.

We're advanced herd animals,,, you might say. So it seems natural everyone pitched in to acquire and maintain stuff we needed.

Allowing it to interfere with something structural like the family unit... balancing act.

Evolutionary / biology
Behavioural psychology
History
...etc

I like to compare notes and overlay subject highlights. Complex things get simple...(ish)

...old school government/religious rulesets
...times and places

ahhhh, simple..

Last Edited by Hehehe on 12/25/2021 07:45 PM

No detractors?
Counter arguments?

As sharp as a two edged sword, I guess.