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RE: “Taxation is the price we pay to live in a civilized society” — or is it? [Steemit Exclusive]
When I lived in Detroit, there was no city snowplow service. So each block had to round up the funds to pay a private plowing company. Most people on my block paid up willingly, but there were of course one or two that didn't, and flatly refused to contribute. Their street still got plowed, because everybody else paid for it. I'm not taking the piss, here, I'm genuinely interested in your solution to that problem.
Social pressure. Sounds like the roads still got plowed
Believe me, the entire block put social pressure on these people. They were not poor or anything, they just refused to participate. So the rest of us had to pick up their slack. If your answer is to shrug your shoulders, then you're missing the point of my question.