Right. But the fact is that by being alive, we are breathing air and drinking water and taking up space. (And polluting all those things, in the current system). I was trying to introduce a framework that addressed your (and mine, and others’) concerns about things turning into a “renter of all things” economy. I don’t think the one proposed in my example is fair, but put it out there as a springboard.
How do you suggest setting up a system so that people contribute to maintaining the basic infrastructure needed for community survival and flourishing?
It might be through paying more for goods, factoring in the cost of maintaining the roads they travel down to get to you. I don’t know. But to say you want to own things that can’t be taken away, and are in support of some kind of taxes or fees to support the things you recognize as needed… I think I might have missed something. And I’m totally into exploring options. I just don’t yet see how rescinding all taxation on all things yet supporting infrastructure could work.
But I’m totally open to and curious about other approaches!
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