On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
- Opposing any war is treason.
Well, if you're the de facto property of one nation-state or another, that's exactly true. Find me someone who isn't, these days.
I refuse to be a property. Whoever handles me as such, gets open disrespect and either my open refusal to obey, or, in compliance with Czech national tradition, a hidden refusal to obey[1]. Unique concept of sabotage by obedience. [1] Refer to "The Good Soldier Schweik", local national hero. <http://my.core.com/~zenny/index.html> See also http://www.rferl.org/newsline/1999/07/5-NOT/not-090799.html for the international politics applications.
Isn't it already? Certainly I think that *nothing* should be done without profit, that nothing really *is* done without profit to somebody, no matter what its governmental designation, and that *all* economic activity should be taxed if any of it is, and it *will* be, directly in cash, or indirectly in regulation, since we're all the "property" of one nation state or another, whether we say we "own ourselves" or not. So, maybe you're right.
This is enforceable only with purely money-based economy. But there are activities that are done for non-monetary profit: knowledge, experience, fun. Or plain barter. I remove a virus from your computer, you later drop by to repair my TV; barter, no paper trail. Help me and I will help you when you'll need. Instead of shelving out money for expensive courseware, drop by and I'll explain you how TCP/IP works. Then do the same for me with SQL couple weeks later. Skills and knowledge are a kind of capital as well - the kind of ownership no IRS can audit you for. Tax this. Regulate this. Good luck.