Post by SongRune on 2022-08-30 13:30:32
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I believe the point is moreso that pirates wouldn't "donate" very often at all, particularly once any form of resentment or factionalism got seeded by one person not doing their share (one of many reasons why taxes are taxes irl), not that it would be somehow abused.
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The money has to have some meaningful use, or there would be no point to taxes in the first place, right?
I've seen suggestions recently to allow a mayor to use tax money to "commission" Caravans by placing bulk requests for resources used in node upgrades. Presumably this would pay out from taxes at some fair market rate. (Not really abusable if the purchase price is set right by the system.)
The need for more donations of a different type doesn't really do anything to rule out the option for donating money directly, in lieu of taxes though.
The main 'problem' with that, is that once some big donor gets the impression that some other big donor isn't doing their share, they'll stop donating themselves until they're satisfied, etc. It won't limit the lower levels of cooperation, but it will tend to limit the higher ones. That's politics and player conflict though, which Steven likes, and Ashes has no reason to prevent.