Re:The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics
by orf on Friday October 27, 2017 @09:44PM
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Oh right, fair enough! I meant in the more general sense, specifically the "someone else will do it, why should I" (which I think would also apply to any form of optional taxes). I'm not sure how prevalent that was in communist-era Russia though.
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Re:The Unforgiving Math That Stops Epidemics
by rdtsc on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:11PM
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> "someone else will do it, why should I" (which I think would also apply to any form of optional taxes). I'm not sure how prevalent that was in communist-era Russia though.
Very prevalent. One could argue that it was the reason for the downfall. "Why should I work harder if the corrupt state will just take away my profits and ideas etc. I'll just lay low and let someone else do the work, and still get paid the same amount".
But you gotta give to the devil what belongs to the devil and they provided free government housing, pretty good schools, and basic medical care. Oh and a cool space program and pretty fast industrialization, up until the 60s or so, at least. All the other stuff was rotten and corrupt to the core. It is surprising it even lasted that long.