Kayne said they created poverty during the industrial revolution by denying access to the commons. This is absolutely right. But they did this by demanding taxes paid in currency.

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They didn't create poverty. They suckered people into working in cities by offering wages and "wonders" in the cities.

And yes, taxation played a very important role in that.

They did. Peasants were self sufficient in their communities and they were creating surplus. Only that they paid taxes by their surplus. But to send them to the cities to stay in small dirty houses to work for many hours and low wages in factories, they demanded currency for the taxes, which the peasants didn't have. Then they stole the commons by privatisation and fences appeared in the land and the peasants became poor. That is the story.