Interesting theoretically, but is there an event in reality that it describes (i.e., is there some empirical data)?<p>I&#x27;m pretty sure it doesn&#x27;t describe the history of the USSR or the Bolshevik Revolution; that was a brutal dictatorship from the start. I read in one history how Lenin controlled regions by keeping them on the precipice of starvation - anger him and rations would be reduced further. Taxes don&#x27;t seem like they would be much of an issue to those people.<p>I&#x27;ve never heard taxes discussed in regard to the USSR; when the government owns everything and provides all goods and income (or close to it) I&#x27;m not sure what would be taxed.