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Taxes can be hyperlocalized: If you live in an area where people are well-off and pay more into the system, there are better services availableβfrom recycling facilities and good schools to road infrastructure and community spaces. But you also pay taxes into your nationβs military whether or not you want to go to war, and into its arts programs whether or not you love the theater, and into its scientific research whether or not you believe in evolution or vaccination. So, what does it meanβand how do taxes workβwhen you see yourself as a global citizen?