Current governments put me in the weird position to wish it were true that they were simply doing the good old stealing of their subjects' money, instead of just printing fake Monopoly game pieces of colored paper...
(Not really though. Taxation will always be theft). nostr:note1p33882k4l50ntgdehetzdj6s6e6vv9kawmn7gvstqmelhfs5dncql94j7n
Money printing is just a more insidious form of the same theft. "Good" & "honest" stealing is easier to point to & condemn tho, so I understand the sentiment.
It was just a rudimentary idea that if they at least stole REAL existing wealth that "just" got misallocated, it somehow would be worse than the current stealing PLUS diluting via printing. Probably needs a minute of reflection as an idea.
But I really don't have it for this, because the bottom line wouldn't change and taxation would still be theft!
I meant just stealing would NOT be worse than
