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roachboy · 12-01-2007, 07:33 PM

i'm sorry, comrade, but i dont understand what you are saying.

seems to me that you're now doing the same thing to taxes that you did to inequality in the earlier post.

taxation is not a table--it is a process.

it is simply the case taxation after the french revolution has nothing to do with pre-french revolution taxation. totally different organization, totally different functions, totally different states.
there's no way around this.

the possible confusion lay in that we use the word "taxes" to talk about wealth transfer mechanisms that in an abstract sense are similar across contexts.

it seems that is all you are talking about... that the same word gets applied.

why is that interesting?

12-01-2007, 07:33 PM	#45 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	i'm sorry, comrade, but i dont understand what you are saying. seems to me that you're now doing the same thing to taxes that you did to inequality in the earlier post. taxation is not a table--it is a process. it is simply the case taxation after the french revolution has nothing to do with pre-french revolution taxation. totally different organization, totally different functions, totally different states. there's no way around this. the possible confusion lay in that we use the word "taxes" to talk about wealth transfer mechanisms that in an abstract sense are similar across contexts. it seems that is all you are talking about... that the same word gets applied. why is that interesting? __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 12-01-2007 at 07:35 PM..