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RE: My Entry for Reflection Hunters Contest: Round 179 - Blackberry Reflections - GaiaYoga Gardens, Lower Puna, Big Island, Hawai'i - Wednesday, August 7, 2024

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Totally agree on this one "supposed to be representing" !INDEED !!!
As for zero taxes, I agree, but how do you pay for general infrastructure such as roads? (this is a genuine question btw, as I know I might just be very much limited by the box I'm living in ;-) )

Very glad to hear about both the bots being stable!!! Yeeha!!! Another mission accomplished ;-)
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Yep, that one is going to come back to bite those who are quickly losing power quite badly I'd say! On taxes, interestingly, when they were first implemented in the US, they were only supposed to be temporary (and voluntary). That changed, of course. Before taxes, however, there were still cities, and roads, and services. I'm not remembering how they paid for it, but it wasn't with taxes (cough, theft, cough).

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Well, I do believe that for a “good” society, there always needs to be some form of “social contribution” to the community, call it taxes or anything else. The main problem is that there’s always a small group of people who starts to totally abuse that. As was the case about 2000yrs ago, as was in the Middle Ages, or in the times of the French revolution (“let them eat cake”), or now.
It’s a bit inherent to the humans kind I’m often afraid, build a system to support, and someone will start taking advantage of it, and abuse it eventually.
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Yes, individual contribution to the whole is of course important. It there were one single small tax that would likely cover most necessities. I'll have to look into how things were funded before taxes. That aspect of humanity is a bit sad, true, but I know that it's also had a lot of help from nefarious elements that operate in the shadows, playing the world like a game of chess, but they control both sides, at least they did. Not so much anymore, and less so every day. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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I seem to have learned that it stems from “I’ll hunt two deer instead of one. One for me and one for you. Then you gather two kilos of berries instead of one, one for you, and one for me”
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I like how that works a lot better than any nonsense I'm seeing in the world! I can work with that! Cooperation! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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!INDEED, cooperation it was. But soon taken over by evil forces 😂😂😂
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Yes, coopting what is actually beneficial, then turning it harmful, has been how the puppet masters work! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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Absolutely !INDEED !!! Unfortunately…
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