What about all the people that worked on Cowboy Bebop on Netflix? It was cancelled after one season because Netflix couldn't justify it with the numbers they were seeing...
That show was a horrific bastardization of the source material, and fans knew it was DOA before it even came out.
Firefly is another great example.
Firefly came and went well before torrenting hit it's peak, and there is no claim anywhere that it's cancellation had anything to do with online viewers - simply with the studio's lack of interest in a Sci-Fi Western.
It's just basic economics. If people aren't paying for a thing, then there is no incentive for people to make that thing.
That doesn't match with Hollywood, where most projects get their income from product placement and advertisements. Notice that NO show/movie launched on Hulu, Netflix, etc actually makes any money itself (no tickets, no rental fees, etc.), they are all covered in that one monthly payment.
I'm not going to bother arguing against using the violence of organized crime syndicates calling themselves "government" - either you are opposed to the use of force, fraud, and coercion, or you're not.
Yeah, but Netflix and Hulu, etc pay a production company for that product... and if the product doesn't receive the numbers they want, they'll cancel it.
Of course I'm against governments using force, fraud and/or coercion against people... but I don't think that's actually happening. After all, as Edicted said, you can't get taxes if everyone is in jail. Most people are fine with paying taxes to pay for shared public infrastructure and most people don't know anyone that's been thrown in jail for not paying taxes. I think usually the IRS usually issues fines, or works with people on a payment plan process, etc way before it would ever consider putting someone in prison... and there are so many people in every country that don't pay their taxes properly... maybe everyone.
Obviously I think there are SO MANY improvements required on taxation processes and policy - I hate that so many people loophole their way out of paying their fair share... but I'm not at all against taxes entirely. We probably don't agree on that last point, and that's fine - thanks for the interaction.