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> Humans have a dark side and seem completely unaware that their believes are driven by self-interest, envy and hate rather than making systems that work.

I think very few people push themselves to self reflect. There’s the philosophy of objectives in, which one of the core tenants is that everyone is greedy and that that’s alright. With that acceptance, we can start understanding why we do what we do and what motivates us. Even a parent running into a burning building to save a child is “moral” because it’s the self-interested act of not wanting to live with themselves after the child [potentially] dies.

When we look at taxes, a simple tax code could be a percentage of revenue made in said country is multiplied by the tax rate. I.e. Facebook had $X million ad dollars spent in country, X * (tax rate) = amount owed.

This makes it clear to all parties involved. Although it doesn’t take into account operating costs, which he been the challenge so far. Either way, it’s admitting everyone needs their “due”. Not trying to target companies, but generally a Flat rate across the board.