RE: [FT] UNSC (emotional rant)

>Absender: Rick@esr.com
> > As for money, the UN can make cash through taxation on space 
> > travel in the core systems, occasionally through sanctions on 
> > major powers, through commercial means (they probably mine 
> > asteroids for metals and suchlike).
> 
> The first is a form of piracy, and the second is a form of 
> blackmail, both of which try to hide behind a thin veil of > 
legitimacy. :)

Which you could argue is true for any form of taxes, dues and tariffs,	
even if established by democratic means. So where is the problem with 
the UN taxing something ?

Greetings