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Love how your taking a very advanced concept and presenting it in a very plain language way. I thank you a lot, love the concept.

wow very good post you

Not quite sure I get the land ownership. You are saying that everyone would lease land from the state? And you wouldn't have sole ownership of land at all?

Great post. 

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In this model, if you live in an apartment, will the tenants of the apartment still pay the lease fee based on square foot or will the owner of the apartment complex?

Look forward to part three, this was very interesting and educational for me. Interesting how pollution is one of the easiest things. Great post! thanks for sharing :) Alla x

[Here is](https://steemit.com/liberty/@fran2k/un-estado-simplificado-sin-impuestos-una-propuesta-parte-2-3) the spanish translation!

I posted a question on the first part, but I don't see a particular answer to it (or perhaps I've misunderstood the answer): given the voluntary nature of employing governmental services, i.e. the state actor has no coercively-enforced advantage in the marketplace, could an individual simply declare their plot of land independent from state control and become a de-facto tier-one land owner, so long as he or she also does not request the benefits that the state actor is able to provide?

must have stared at that gold vault for like 10 minutes at least now.

One downside of this land lease solution is, that nobody buy a piece of land and then do nothing. He has to work to pay the lease. If he can not pay the lease for the land then the state will expel him from it. This is really awkward about your system. What would be a commodity to keep your wealth save for years? (except SteemPower of course)

Very insightful falkvinge! I wonder what impact free energy generators could have on the taxless state? (Such as a solid state 5kw home unit that costs less than $100 FRNs to build) 

It appears to be getting close to freeing us from the tax farm...

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I'm going to be called a negatron but I feel the whole plan is flawed. 

Under your approach "his leads to a society where the state does not need to know anybody's income, wealth, or transactions". 

"Doesn't  need" isn't in the same ball park as "doesn't want". Taxes are not just about revenue, it's about power and control,  same as it's always been. 

Keep the citizen's nose to the grindstone,  be a good boy, pay your taxes and contribute to society. Do NOT stick your head above the parapet and question the absolute bullshit,  consumer driven madness we are all part of. 

Taxes are here to stay for the majority.

So, men and women that want to do business as a 'country' or 'government' still get to operate a protection racket and deny actual ownership of land to everyone else.  Pay up, or else.  As always, the biggest threat to everyone else are those who do business as 'government'.  Useless, unproductive, violent scum.

I think the idea of voluntary states/taxation will be necessary to bridge the gap between a world of nation states and free anarchy. From the early days of rape and pillage to the charming dispositions of swindlers, taxation has evolved to the point most people doubt it is compulsory.   

Now, I don't particularly like the idea of a tax on all land being called voluntary.  Unless you're a fish or a seasteading billionaire, it'd be identical to the present day minus all the other compulsory taxes.  Besides, ![You ain't no kind of man if you ain't got land.](https://i.imgflip.com/19erwg.jpg)

The underlying premise, that the state rightfully owns the earth, would just be a reset button on state power. This belief in states is entirely cultural. It is William Blake's "mind-forged manacles" and if people don't stop believing this bullshit no amount of political reform is going to be enough. The problem with a free market society coexisting with a government is the government will grow incredibly powerful by feeding off its productive people. The U.S. is perhaps the most historically relevant example of this. Additionally, land and future taxation can be used as collateral for credit. It's a recipe for unconstrained growth. 

I think another means of facilitating this transition is too simply relax government control and allow businesses to step into traditional government roles. E.g FedEx or UPS.  If the service is necessary and needed, people will pay for it willingly. As I see it, nothing major needs to be undone or tore down. Time and consumer choice would make the government service obsolete. Let them fade away. 

Another factor we mustn't overlook when we ponder a free society is the very interface we are conversing through. The internet completely changes what future self-government will look like. We can see glimmers of it nowadays, but who knows what a couple of centuries of this will do to our political systems.

Great post. I loved the first one, which makes total sense.
Monaco is a sort of taxless state (except for the social insurance taxes). But Monaco's *success* relies on the fact that it attracts wealthy tex-evaders (F1 Drivers...) and get some *gifts* from them.

I think that what is missing in your analysis is the answer to the following questions: 
* How to promote art and culture ? 
* How would you manage education and (fundamental) research ?
* How to manage homelessness and unemployment? (welfare)
* Management of private real estate (invention of tier-3 renters)

I'll give you my thoughts so we can have a discussion:
**Point1** is very important because culture is precisely what defines a country. A pure capitalistic approach would probably lead to forms of art whom role would only be to get a ROI *(we already have it today, it's called TV...and it sucks)*.

**Point2** is tricky. The US University education system works on money, and has extremely strong impacts on the economy *(debt, leading to leverage effects, especially under an economic crisis)*.
Fundamental research may not bring immediate ROI, thus would be put aside from the research priorities: The state would miss opportunities and would have to "buy" technologies abroad, leading to high costs for technological innovations (basically, you'd pay the taxes to other countries buy buying tech or importing high-end goods)

**Point3:** what happens when, because of point2 for instance, your country is in a 10-years economic downturn and unemployment raises at dramatic levels ?
How would you control land leasing in order to avoid homelessness, and still bring a good level of income for basic state spendings (Military for instance)

**Point4:** How would you manage the fact that people would probably create businesses with the land: creating a shortage of land in areas, making the market prices climb and making a profit out of it *(I live near San Francisco... real estate is crazy)*.


###Thanks for your insights. GREAT GREAT reading.
*(Can't wait for part 3 !)*

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Great post @falkvinge

I have currently been trying to configure a smart contract for land ownership and decentralized assets within bitshares but haven't yet been successful. Any ideas? With a 20 acre piece of land and blocking it in 1/4 acre lots with privacy policy honoring the understanding of building up and keeping green. :D

Is anyone in South Africa reading this? Some very interesting comments and article. I need to reread everything. But my hunch this is a great evolution, maybe into something different. It would help if the 'government' was decentralized. And what about roads, the use thereof?