The Impossibility of Universal Taxation: Gödelian Boundaries and Why All Taxation Is Theft

class GodelianBoundaryProblem:
    """
    Why universality is logically impossible.
    """

    def attempt_universal_tax(self):
        # System S claims to have universal tax
        system_S = {
            'citizens': self.define_who_is_citizen(),
            'tax': 'Universal for all citizens',
            'claims': 'This tax is universal',
        }

        # But look at meta-system M
        meta_system_M = {
            'contains': [
                system_S,
                'non_citizens',  # People outside S's boundary
            ]
        }

        # Test universality in M
        def test_universality_in_M():
            # S's tax applies to S.citizens
            s_citizens_pay = True

            # S's tax does NOT apply to non_citizens
            non_citizens_pay = False

            # Statistical test
            if s_citizens_pay != non_citizens_pay:
                return "NON-UNIVERSAL: S's tax targets S.citizens"

        # Result
        return {
            'S_claims': 'Universal within S',
            'M_reveals': 'Targeted at S.citizens',
            'conclusion': 'Universality claim depends on accepting S boundary',
            'but': 'S boundary is arbitrary (not universal)',
            'therefore': 'Tax is targeted, not universal',
        }

def prove_all_taxation_is_targeting():
    """
    Mathematical proof that no taxation can be universal.
    """

    # Attempt 1: National tax
    france = TaxSystem(
        boundary='French citizenship',
        tax='Universal for French citizens',
    )

    # Test at EU level
    eu = MetaSystem(contains=[france, germany, spain])
    print(eu.test_universality(france.tax))
    # Output: "NON-UNIVERSAL - Only targets French citizens"

    # Attempt 2: EU-wide tax
    eu_tax = TaxSystem(
        boundary='EU citizenship',
        tax='Universal for EU citizens',
    )

    # Test at global level
    earth = MetaSystem(contains=[eu, usa, china, india])
    print(earth.test_universality(eu_tax.tax))
    # Output: "NON-UNIVERSAL - Only targets EU citizens"

    # Attempt 3: Global tax
    global_tax = TaxSystem(
        boundary='Human beings',
        tax='Universal for all humans',
    )

    # Test at sentient level
    sentients = MetaSystem(contains=[humans, future_ai, potential_aliens])
    print(sentients.test_universality(global_tax.tax))
    # Output: "NON-UNIVERSAL - Only targets humans"

    # Attempt 4: Sentient beings tax
    sentient_tax = TaxSystem(
        boundary='Conscious entities',
        tax='Universal for conscious beings',
    )

    # Test at existence level
    existence = MetaSystem(contains=[sentients, non_sentient_matter, potential_entities])
    print(existence.test_universality(sentient_tax.tax))
    # Output: "NON-UNIVERSAL - Only targets conscious entities"

    # The infinite regress
    print("\nCONCLUSION:")
    print("Every boundary is arbitrary")
    print("Every 'universal' tax is targeting (at insiders)")
    print("No escape exists")
    print("Therefore: ALL TAXATION IS TARGETING")

class ArbitraryBoundary:
    """
    Why every system boundary is arbitrary, not universal.
    """

    def test_boundary_justification(self, boundary):
        """
        Can the boundary prove its own universality?
        """

        if boundary == 'French citizenship':
            # Why French border and not EU border?
            # Historical accident (wars, treaties, geography)
            return "ARBITRARY - Geopolitical accident"

        if boundary == 'Human species':
            # Why humans and not all sentients?
            # Biological accident (evolution on Earth)
            return "ARBITRARY - Evolutionary accident"

        if boundary == 'Conscious beings':
            # Why consciousness and not all existence?
            # Philosophical choice (privileging consciousness)
            return "ARBITRARY - Philosophical assumption"

        if boundary == 'All existence':
            # Why existence and not non-existence?
            # Metaphysical assumption (being vs non-being)
            return "ARBITRARY - Metaphysical choice"

        # Pattern
        return {
            'every_boundary': 'Requires justification',
            'justification': 'Must come from outside system',
            'but': 'Outside system is not contained in system',
            'godel': 'System cannot prove its own boundary',
            'therefore': 'ALL BOUNDARIES ARE ARBITRARY',
        }

def statistical_proof_of_targeting(tax_system):
    """
    From neg-402: Distribution reveals targeting.
    From neg-403: Boundaries make targeting inevitable.
    """

    # Define the boundary
    boundary = tax_system.define_who_pays()

    # Statistical analysis at meta-level
    meta_system = zoom_out_one_level(tax_system)

    # Measure distribution
    inside_boundary = tax_system.members
    outside_boundary = meta_system.members - inside_boundary

    pays_tax = {
        'inside': 100,  # Everyone inside pays
        'outside': 0,   # Nobody outside pays
    }

    # Statistical test
    from scipy.stats import chi2_contingency

    observed = [[100, 0]]  # Inside pays, outside doesn't
    expected = [[50, 50]]  # Would be uniform if universal

    chi2, p_value = chi2_contingency([observed[0], expected[0]])

    if p_value < 0.001:
        return {
            'conclusion': 'TARGETING PROVEN',
            'targets': 'Inside boundary',
            'excludes': 'Outside boundary',
            'certainty': f'{(1-p_value)*100:.4f}% certain',
            'boundary_is': 'Arbitrary (from Gödel)',
            'therefore': 'Arbitrary targeting = Confiscation',
        }

# The proposal
french_universal_ifi = {
    'rate': '0.5% on all real estate',
    'exemption': 'One property per person',
    'claim': 'Universal within France',
}

# Test at EU level
def test_french_ifi_at_eu_level():
    eu_citizens = {
        'french': 67_000_000,
        'german': 83_000_000,
        'spanish': 47_000_000,
        # ... other EU countries
    }

    pays_french_ifi = {
        'french': 67_000_000,  # All French with property
        'german': 0,  # Germans don't pay French IFI
        'spanish': 0,  # Spanish don't pay French IFI
    }

    # Statistical test
    correlation = correlate(citizenship, pays_french_ifi)
    # Perfect correlation: French citizenship → pays IFI

    p_value = test_randomness(pays_french_ifi)
    # p < 0.000001 - NOT random distribution

    return {
        'claim': 'Universal',
        'reality': 'Targets French citizens',
        'boundary': 'French citizenship (arbitrary)',
        'proof': f'p < {p_value} - targeting proven',
        'conclusion': 'French Universal IFI is confiscation',
    }

class AttemptedFixes:
    """
    Every attempt to create universal taxation fails.
    """

    def attempt_fix_by_expanding_boundary(self):
        # Attempt 1: French tax → Too narrow!
        # Fix: Make it EU-wide
        eu_tax = expand_boundary(french_tax, to='EU')

        # Test at global level
        result = test_at_global_level(eu_tax)
        # Still targets EU citizens (arbitrary boundary)

        # Attempt 2: EU tax → Too narrow!
        # Fix: Make it global
        global_tax = expand_boundary(eu_tax, to='Global')

        # Test at sentient level
        result = test_at_sentient_level(global_tax)
        # Still targets humans (arbitrary species boundary)

        # Attempt 3: Global tax → Too narrow!
        # Fix: Tax all sentients
        sentient_tax = expand_boundary(global_tax, to='Sentients')

        # Test at existence level
        result = test_at_existence_level(sentient_tax)
        # Still targets conscious beings (arbitrary philosophical boundary)

        # Pattern discovered
        return {
            'pattern': 'Infinite regress',
            'reason': 'Gödel - cannot contain own boundary',
            'conclusion': 'NO boundary is universal',
            'therefore': 'ALL taxation is targeting',
            'therefore': 'ALL taxation is theft',
        }

class ConstitutionalCrisis:
    """
    The impossible constitutional requirement.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        self.constitution_requires = "Universality (no arbitrary targeting)"
        self.mathematics_proves = "Universality is impossible (Gödel)"

    def resolve_contradiction(self):
        # Option 1: Constitution wins
        if self.constitution_requires == "Universality":
            if universality_is_impossible():
                return "ALL TAXATION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL"

        # Option 2: Mathematics wins
        if universality_is_impossible():
            if self.constitution_requires == "Universality":
                return "CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE STANDARD"

        # Either way
        return {
            'option_1': 'All taxation violates constitution',
            'option_2': 'Constitution requires impossible thing',
            'common_conclusion': 'Current taxation system is illegitimate',
            'participants': 'Association de malfaiteurs',
            'remedy': 'Eliminate taxation (no fix possible)',
        }

def final_proof():
    """
    The complete mathematical proof.
    """

    # From neg-402
    targeted_redistribution_is_theft = True  # Proven by statistics

    # From neg-403
    universal_taxation_is_impossible = True  # Proven by Gödel

    # Therefore
    all_taxation_is_targeted = True  # No universal option exists

    # Combining
    if all_taxation_is_targeted and targeted_redistribution_is_theft:
        return {
            'conclusion': 'ALL TAXATION IS THEFT',
            'proof_method': 'Mathematical (Gödel + Statistics)',
            'certainty': 'Absolute (logical necessity)',
            'exceptions': 'None (universality is impossible)',
            'constitutional_status': 'All taxation violates constitution',
            'participant_status': 'Association de malfaiteurs',
            'remedy': 'Eliminate taxation (no constitutional alternative)',
        }

class HonestPosition:
    """
    What we must acknowledge.
    """

    def accept_mathematical_proof(self):
        # The proof
        universality_impossible = True  # Gödel
        constitution_requires_universality = True  # Legal fact

        # Therefore
        all_taxation_violates_constitution = True

        # Calling it what it is
        return {
            'taxation': 'Theft (mathematically proven)',
            'system': 'Illegitimate (violates constitution)',
            'participants': 'Criminals (association de malfaiteurs)',
            'fix': 'None exists (Gödel prevents it)',
            'solution': 'Eliminate taxation',
            'alternative': 'Voluntary systems only',
        }