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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 13h \ on: Is it possible for a society to be taxless? AskSN
If it has protection from roving bandits, sure.
Taxes are the slow looting of a stationary bandit that protects its turf against roving bandits. That's even the conventional mainstream account of how the state originated. It has nothing to do with collective action problems or social contracts.