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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 6 Oct \ on: Why Taxes Were So Hated in the Middle Ages econ
I need to read this but I like to guess when I haven't.
The question is why? What was different?
For one thing. Kings! No illusion of democracy. No "We the People" are the government... so no we can't steal from ourselves.
Hoppe nails this in Democracy the God that Failed.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Oct
It's a little misleading to refer to the king's properties as private and the revenues weren't entirely untaxlike.
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