Toxic Collectivism and the Taxation of Precious Metals and Cryptocurrency

Taxation is something that is steeped into the secular consciousness. It is rarely questioned, and to even consider questioning it is often met with a disapproving reaction, as if you are failing or betraying your society by doing so. You’re not fulfilling your civic duty, or your “social contract”, so to speak. I’ve always found this puzzling, this idea that it’s selfish to want to keep all of the fruits of my labor for myself. Or at least if I’m going to redistribute it charitably, I’m the one making the decision to do so.

On face value, this doesn’t seem like something that anyone would disapprove of, but what I have found is more people than not seem to find the idea of not paying taxes to be absurd and preposterous. An individual who wants to keep their wealth as their own is frowned upon as greedy and non-caring to the community that surrounds them, especially if they have a lot of money.

Whether it’s selfish or not itself is just a matter of perspective of being good or bad, however. Being more concerned about what you will do to eat today as opposed to your neighbor is inherently selfish, but it’s a survival instinct. Everyone by nature cares more immediately about their own well-being than all the billions of others on the planet. This isn’t to say that you don’t care about others…