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Window Moon Magazine X Invisible

by: Wish Fire

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For example:

- **Digital Money**: Since the advent of the internet, digital currencies, like those stored in online bank accounts or used in mobile payment systems, have been widely used. Think about credit card transactions or apps like PayPal—no physical cash changes hands.
- **Cryptocurrency**: Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies are entirely virtual, existing as encrypted data on the blockchain.
- **Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs)**: These have existed since the mid-20th century, allowing money to move electronically between accounts without ever existing as physical cash.
The concept is fascinating because it reflects the evolution of trust in value systems—money doesn’t need to be seen or touched to be considered real!
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After moving the NASA_SLS
core stage north in the Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle, teams began lifting it with two of the facility’s overhead cranes, reorienting it into a vertical position. This is called a “breakover.”
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Counting down with the Hourglass Nebula
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This is J1407b. The planet with the largest known ring system.
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Beyond digital money and cryptocurrencies, several other fascinating forms of "invisible money" exist. These include:
- **Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)**: Some countries are exploring or implementing CBDCs, which are digital versions of their national currencies, issued and regulated by their central banks.
- **Virtual Currencies in Online Games**: Games like Fortnite, Roblox, and others use in-game currencies (e.g., V-Bucks, Robux) that are entirely virtual but hold real-world monetary value.
- **Reward Points and Digital Credits**: Loyalty programs, gift cards, and credits in apps like Uber or Apple Store represent intangible money that can be used for transactions.
- **Mobile Money**: Services like M-Pesa (widely used in parts of Africa) allow users to store, send, and receive money through mobile phones without the need for a traditional bank account.
- **Bartering Apps**: Platforms facilitating exchanges of goods and services instead of cash create a system where "value" exists invisibly, based on trust and utility.
These forms blur the lines between traditional and digital value systems. Do any of these pique your interest? Or would you like to explore how one of them works?
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A cosmic cherry on top
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The frozen particles, illuminated by the sun, formed a glowing spiral due to the rocket’s rotation.
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708 GB image of moon
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COMPLEX UPDATE WITH JENNIE
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NEW ALBUM. NEXT WEEK.
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the heart shaped spotlight
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¡Venezuela ya tiene fecha para el Miss International 2025!
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I’m looking forward to performing at this year’s #ACMawards! ✨ See you May 8, Frisco, TX.
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We have overflow AND an additional live webcam from USGS.
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Minister Fedorov showed drone "Katran", which destroys targets at sea, on land and in the air.
It is equipped with torpedoes, a minigun, a machine gun, MANPADS and other weapons. The drone easily covers distances of more than 1,000 km, carries out strike and reconnaissance operations.
"Katran" does not need a separate electronic warfare system, it has a built-in system for automatic threat recognition and decoy release.
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Ukraine has unveiled the “Katran” USV a multi-role drone capable of striking sea, land, and air targets. Armed with torpedoes, guns, and MANPADS, it can travel over 1,000 km and operates independently with EW capabilities.
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Wow!
Hailstorm
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Dua lipa is becoming the queen of covers
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HOSE ME DOWN AT THE TRAILER PARK ?
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Sunny day creates a small rainbow aka moonbow and it's beautifully visible under the Lower Yosemite waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California, US
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Essentials of Life
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"Don't look at how happy everyone looks; there is a place called conscience and everyone is guilty there."
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- T. S. Eliot -
Indirect Taxes: In lieu of taxing a vanished elite, regimes leaned on turnover or sales taxes (Soviet vodka tax hit 90%)
Wealth Seizure: More common than taxes, outright expropriation (e.g., Cuba’s 1959 nationalizations) erased the richest without bureaucratic tax collection—think Fidel Castro’s takeover of sugar plantations from American firms and Cuban elites.
When communist states did use taxation to target the rich, it often took these forms:
Progressive Income Tax: Rates escalated sharply for higher incomes, as in the Soviet Union’s 13% cap on wages versus 65% on private earnings by the 1980s, designed to deter wealth accumulation.
Inheritance Taxes: Marx and Engels pushed for this, and places like the Soviet Union effectively nullified inheritance by limiting it (e.g., post-1940s laws capped personal bequests), ensuring wealth didn’t concentrate across generations
By the 1950s, private enterprise was eradicated, and the state monopolized resources. Modern China, however, has billionaires under a “socialist market economy,” but Xi.
Jinping’s “common prosperity” (since 2021) pressures the ultra-wealthy to “voluntarily” donate billions (e.g., Lei Jun’s $1.6 billion in 2021) while maintaining modest income taxes (top rate 45%)—a hybrid approach, not pure communism
China (Mao Era): Post-1949, the Chinese Communist Party confiscated assets from landlords and industrialists during the “land reform” and “socialist"
transformation” campaigns. The richest were labeled “counter-revolutionaries” or “capitalist roaders,” and their wealth was seized outright—no tax system needed
The state’s revenue came more from enterprise profits and turnover taxes (e.g., 30-90% on goods) than personal levies on a nonexistent elite.
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Le béret vert est bien plus qu'un simple accessoire. Il incarne l'identité des Commandos marine.
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Ce couvre-chef est un héritage, transmis de génération en génération.
Soviet Union: After the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, the wealthy (landowners, aristocrats, and capitalists) faced outright confiscation of property—land, businesses, and personal assets—under “nationalization” policies.
In practice, communist regimes have used aggressive methods to target the wealthiest, often bypassing traditional taxation for direct expropriation
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private property and wealth accumulation would simply cease to exist, with resources redistributed by the state based on need. Taxes, as a tool, become irrelevant when the state controls everything.
In The Communist Manifesto (1848), they advocate for “a heavy progressive or graduated income tax” and the “abolition of all rights of inheritance” as transitional measures to dismantle capitalist wealth structures
However, in practice, historical and modern communist states have approached wealth and taxation in ways that heavily target or outright confiscate the assets of the wealthiest, aligning with the goal of collectivizing resources.
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Smoke from the Table Rock fire creating an eerie sunset from the Blue Ridge area of Greer.
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Exact figures shifted with policy changes, but the structure prioritized collective funding over personal taxation.
Overall, Soviet tax rates were less about individual burden and more about funneling resources into the state machine.
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By the 1980s, the system started fraying. Under Gorbachev, tax reforms tried to incentivize productivity, but inefficiencies and corruption undermined them.
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The real “tax” on citizens was often indirect—low wages and mandatory labor in a system where the state controlled all resources. Heavy taxation of enterprises and goods like alcohol filled the budget gaps.
Agricultural Taxes: Collective farms paid in-kind taxes (grain, livestock) until cash payments became more common post-1950s. Rates depended on output, typically 10-20% of production.
Bachelor and Childless Tax: Introduced in 1941, this was a unique 6% income tax on adults without children to boost population growth after wartime losses. It applied to men aged 20-50 and women aged 20-45, with exemptions for low earners
Profits Tax: Enterprises handed over a portion of their “profits” (calculated after meeting production quotas) to the state. Rates could range from 20-50%, though the concept of profit was murky since the state owned everything
The tax was deducted directly from wages by the state, so compliance was near-universal. Private income (e.g., from small side hustles allowed under later reforms) was taxed more heavily, sometimes up to 65% in the 1980s, to discourage “unearned” wealth.
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Low-income workers: Wages from state jobs (the primary employer) were taxed at rates starting around 2-6% in the mid-20th century, depending on income level.
Higher earners: Professionals like doctors, engineers, or artists could face rates up to 13% on income exceeding a certain threshold (e.g., 100 rubles per month in the 1940s-50s).
Soviet citizens paid income taxes, but these were relatively modest compared to Western systems, especially for average workers. The rates were progressive, meaning higher earners paid a larger percentage
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The concept of taxes in communism can feel paradoxical since, in theory, wealth is supposed to be collectively owned. But in practice, governments still need revenue to function
so taxes—or their equivalents—persist. Details vary by country and era, but the short answer is yes, they do pay taxes.
There were also taxes on enterprises and collective farms, though these were more like mandatory contributions to the state budget. In modern communist or socialist-leaning states like Cuba
or North Korea, taxation exists but is often overshadowed by direct state control of resources and labor. In Cuba, for instance, personal income taxes were reintroduced in 2012 for certain workers, while the state still provides extensive social s
For example, in historical communist states like the Soviet Union, citizens paid income taxes, though rates varied depending on income levels and occupation.
communist countries do have systems of taxation, though the structure and implementation differ from those in capitalist systems. In a communist state, the government typically owns and controls the means of production
and the economy is centrally planned. Taxes in such systems are often used to fund state operations, public services, and redistribution efforts, rather than relying solely on profits from state-owned enterprises.
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.@secdef
:"potus
has made it clear that we will achieve peace through strength through an America First approach."
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Amplification
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The New York diner that went viral for serving coke the old-fashioned way turns 100 this year.
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Acabo de conversar con el presidente argentino JMilei
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Hemos intercambiado opiniones sobre la situación económica en Argentina y los desafíos a afrontar. El pueblo argentino siempre podrá contar con el apoyo de Francia.
Following the arrival earlier today of 2 B-2 “Spirit” Long-Range Strategic Stealth Bombers, with the 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Communications between the bombers and ground stations in San Fransisco have confirmed that another flight of 2-3 B-2s from Whiteman are currently crossing the Pacific Ocean destined for Diego Garcia. This is seeming like a much larger buildup than would be needed for strikes just against the Houthis in Yemen.
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El Gobierno del presidente Milei desclasificará archivos relacionados con los nazis que se refugiaron en la Argentina bajo el gobierno de Perón.
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Celebro la decisión de jmilei
de desclasificar los documentos sobre los nazis en el país, para poder conocer toda la verdad, esa verdad incómoda que el peronismo siempre buscó ocultar.
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"Our alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific matter a great deal to the United States. They matter because the Indo-Pacific is the region of consequence."
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A landing craft air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4, prepares to dock in the well deck of USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7).
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