Late last year, a congressional committee began examining the idea of taxing property inside digital worlds such as Second Life. If that happens, a digital Boston Tea Party should break out, perhaps making it the only place in America where a real revolution could still happen. Over the holidays, an article in Esquire magazine lamented that Americans will probably never have a revolution again. On the whole, the author argued, Americans are too fat and content to care if their taxes go up or if they are lied to about weapons of mass destruction.
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Second Life Tax Man?
Posted by: Sonia Arrison January 12, 2007 04:00 AMLate last year, a congressional committee began examining the idea of taxing property inside digital worlds such as Second Life. If that happens, a digital Boston Tea Party should break out, perhaps making it the only place in America where a real revolution could still happen. Over the holidays, an article in Esquire magazine lamented that Americans will probably never have a revolution again. On the whole, the author argued, Americans are too fat and content to care if their taxes go up or if they are lied to about weapons of mass destruction.