The people who operate on the Internet will be cleverer. Governments will not be able to succeed, just as they haven t prevented tax evasion now. Now, what we re talking about here is tax evasion, not just avoidance, but evasion. It requires a population that s absolutely unwilling to comply with the law. Well, actually the tax system does depend on people being relatively honest.
People are relatively honest.
But it has eroded. The biggest erosion I ve ever observed was in the case of Britain. As a matter of principle, even if they thought they wouldn t get caught, they would abide by it. But today, the British are no more law obedient in respect to taxes than the Americans or anybody else. As people s stake in government goes down, they don t want to pay taxes.