Taxes are tribute.
A tax system is a tributary system.
Government is a public trust.Originally Posted by Keith Alan
A public trust is synonymous with charitable trust.
The trust will be formed by declaration. A public trust established by "the People" typically takes the form of a constitution.
Society seems more like a pyramid to me.Originally Posted by Keith Alan
Pyramids are for purposes of separating energies.
For example in a corporation, benefits and goodies tend to flow upward while burdens and duties tend to flow downward.
This is separation of the energies of rights, benefits from duties and obligations.
If I plant a tree, its fruits are my reward. In the aforementioned scenario, the rights, benefits, duties, and obligations are vested in the same entity.