TAXES - & Utopias

On 11/25/05, terrierkeeper wrote:
> The Eastern Half of the Roman Empire, which was the most Christain,
> Lasted a Thousand Years after the fall of the west before it
> ultimately collapsed from its own internal rot. Part of which was
> over taxation.
(...)

Both Eastern and Western empires were equally Christian AFAIR, though
one originated the Catholic and the other the Orthodox churches.
Anyway, by the statement above I see that you are implicitly
acknowledging that granitic moral will not prevent the decay of a
civilization.