What is parasitical about GP? I presume they pay for everything: labor, food, accommodation, travel costs. Are tourists parasites? Why do you think they must pay taxes, and to what country, and in exchange for what? Would you pay taxes to the government voluntarily if you legally didn't have to do it?
i pay my way, create jobs for people, fund/promote things i consider valuable for humanity (e.g. medical tech).
i have never claimed a medical, educational, unemployment etc. benefit in my life. and i am a citizen of a country that will never give me any such benefits anyway.
my approach adds more value to society than funding inefficient social programs, armies of bureaucrats and bloated spy agencies.
I guess what is missing from your equation is that the model you are advocating for is not sustainable for large parts of the population. Just imagine everyone doing this, do you think the countries could still exist the way they do? It‘s all and well that you decide to fund some medical tech but what about all the other areas that need attention? Your giving portfolio doesn‘t really strike me as well-balanced in that regard. Additionally, I would question that you are actually giving an amount similar to what you would be paying in taxes. So your argument that you provide more value to society doesn‘t strike me as obviously credible. I would urge you to really do some more comprehensive estimations and analysis before making such a claim – at least if you are interested in the „truth“ and not just making yourself feel good about yourself.
On the other hand, I see the possibility for what you are doing to have a positive impact depending on what you do and what you use your money for (maybe have a look at 80000hours.org to get some inspiration). But you have to keep in mind that this is just a marginal possibility for rather small parts of the population and that this model probabaly wouldn‘t scale at all. So, it might make sense to keep this in mind when you discuss and think about this topic.
> I guess what is missing from your equation is that the model you are advocating for is not sustainable for large parts of the population.
I don't think anytime we'll have more than 0.1% of population living digital nomad lifestyle. Even most people who have the opportunity, still prefer living in one place, with their family.
I think in this thread two things might be conflated. Afaik not all digital nomads dodge taxes or do it purposefully to evade taxes as presented in the top post. So, everything I have been saying is coined to the specific situation outlined in that post. I don‘t want to criticize a digital nomad lifestyle in general.
But back to your point and assuming that the digital nomads you are talking about are the ones dodging taxes. It doesn‘t really change anything about the argument. The problem that not taxing these people seems arbitrary to the normal person because there is nothing special that those people provide compared to the average entrepeneur. The average tax dodging nomad doesn‘t pull his/her own weight => this lifstyle wouldn‘t scale.
