&gt; Is that just a thought experiment, or do you really think that would work?<p>That&#x27;s how it already works. Money is taken from capitalists and redistributed to bureaucrats and military and some expended to appease the populace.<p>&gt; Because I don&#x27;t think it would work. Why would producers give bombs to the government?<p>Because it&#x27;s good money and government has already plenty of bombs to force people to make more bombs for them.<p>Similarly you could ask, why on Earth any company supplies stuff to IRS. Because it&#x27;s profitable and because you could face consequences if you openly refuse.<p>&gt; Why would they give food to the populace?<p>Because populace will pay them with money, for the cheapest, best quality food they can make. Money will come almost in full from producers pockets, but it won&#x27;t be a problem for them because as long as competition pays the same or more then it&#x27;s all good.<p>&gt; Why would they submit to taxation when they have more power than the entity trying to tax them?<p>Wait!? US capitalists have more firearms, bombs, tanks and planes than US army?<p>What I am saying is that it&#x27;s not some scheme that will get established. I&#x27;m saying that it&#x27;s already the case. Governments are still stronger than corporations, same way North Korea is stronger than South Korea. Technologically and socially way behind, but with huge army.<p>I&#x27;m basically saying that monopoly on violence <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Monopoly_on_violence" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Monopoly_on_violence</a> is the factor that keeps capitalism from eating us, and right after that, itself.