<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1417057248">"voluntary system"? coercive systems are systems, yes. But wouldn't a voluntary entity be too anarchic to be called a system? The Soviet Union was a system, albeit a violent one; however the Russian Federation is called a federation but is more anarchic in actuality.<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div id="yiv760002360"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" valign="top"><div id="yiv1504609173"><div id="yiv1561571880"><div> <font size="2"><br>>There is also the problem that under the coercive system, some people are forced to pay for others' pet
projects. Some might find no problem with this, but I think that's relevant to the discussion because coercion introduces certain features that wouldn't be found
under a voluntary system.</font><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Dan<br></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></table><br>