Nuh on Nostr: Yeah but the direct manifestation of that force is taxation. If you have all the ...

Yeah but the direct manifestation of that force is taxation. If you have all the military in the world but you choose not to collect taxes your currency is not gonna be worth much. You need a way to absorb the supply and encourage others to absorb the supply for you. Governments don't like raising taxes and prefer to print money, but if they don't tax that printing game comes to an end with hyper inflation