A society is always about 3 days of hunger away from a violent revolution. Start your clocks.

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      if there isn’t a government, why pay taxes to it?

      actually, stupid question. but what percentage of people could do a tax strike, resulting in the government having no funds or means to go after all of them. and collapsing?

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        5 months ago

        The issue is they will just write IOUs. It’s not like they can’t. They can also literally print money. So.

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        5 months ago

        Vast majority of working people have federal taxes automatically deducted from their checks before they even see a dime. Most people get refunds at the end of the year instead of having to pay, so it would be up to the self-employed and basically anyone who doesn’t file a simple form to start withholding their taxes.

        I guess we could talk about getting everyone to adjust their paycheck withholdings but most people live under the assumption that “everything will blow over by next year” whatever the circumstances.