Just like old kingdoms

Good ol war taxes

yes sometimes that is the optimal option

not all the time

@UnScottable thats some hot stuff right there

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@MurderHobo if i own a buisness, sometimes the best option is to fire some employees and downsize

optimally

on a nationwide scale, you may better allocate those resources to war or something

i hear its obtainable at a number of different establishments

Speaking in metaphors to disguise the fact that it involves killing civilians deemed “downsizable”

it is why monarchies were so prone to war, when it was efficient to do so, they did

Or over petty shite like marriage betrothals

@UnScottable the mushrooms or the unions? Onions

1/1000 did that

not even

and that is important as it would ruin your assets

that is bascially how they sued each other

for damages

But there’s no effective check against the abuses of power

AbUSes of PoWer

made up thing

power is power

So you don’t think anyone can be arbitrary or capricious with their position?

they totally can

and it will lead to their assets decreasing or going away entirly

while others who dont do that take them over

natural selection

of societies

Sorry you haven’t convinced me

fair

are you an egalitarian at heart?

Not really

in that case a better place to start is there

well

what do you think of this proposition

everyone has innate equal human value

‘Seed money’ to use your vocabulary

not gonna lie i laughed out loud

Just ripping on ancap stuff, keep going

no but for real