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> and is plentiful mostly in places that are unstable or hostile to us.

Plentiful in places we keep making unstable and hostile to us by bombing.

A little history goes a long way:

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-...

The enmity between "the West" and "the middle east" goes back to the islamic colonisation era which created a religious incentive to "fight the infidels" and/or plunder and enslave them.

I challenge you to find one time period or some states/tribes which did not plunder and enslave each other throughout history. I'm fed up with all this "oh but they did it first" - everybody did it first and that's still no reason to continue doing it with the children of their children.

In ancient times everyone plundered each other unless they were allies, it was just how the world operated at the time I think it was probably more of a survival tactic "plunder or get plundered".

Then came the next stage of plunder. 'Pay a tax and you'll be protected'

Some it was true, but most times it also cost your life. Never simple.

If universal basic income becomes a thing, meaning no tax what we'll be the next stage of plunder?

There will be large tax to pay ubi. Ubivproponents dont understand how the economy works or basic math usually

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