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If every individual devoted as much energy and resources as the rich do to avoiding their fair share of taxes, the tax system either would collapse, or would have to be replaced by a far more intrusive and coercive scheme.

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It's because some family planning programs resorted to unfortunate incentives and coercive policies.

The most startling thing about this is that these coercive policies weren't even needed.

This is an example of coercive logic, invented by the great logician and puzzle creator Raymond Smullyan.

Such organizations often take advantage of states that lack the legitimacy or capacity to administer their own territory effectively, launching a mix of political and armed operations that, over time, give them coercive control over local populations.

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