Dying Is Getting Expensive

O’ Seekers of Early Departure, the Bill

May 30, 2026

∙ Paid

*More people fear dying not for the reasons poets say*

OK, this Substack is a dead Substack. We were suspended twice, thrice now; 146,000 subscribers were deleted, visibility cut down 99.7%. That said, the dead live longer if they earn on the Human Farm.

Dr. P is a dyed-in-the-wool philosopher. He has to write about it, if only for the forest. Ladies and gentiles, without further ado, this week’s true shocker about capitalism and the profits with the deceased.

DEATH DUTY

We steal four-fifths of our subjects’ gains on this farm before they spend the rest on our products – which are also our gains. But when these individuals die, so does our income. This is a problem we need to fix.

Our foremost experts, die Herren Sachverständigen, and think tanks have spent millions (also paid for by the subjects) to find ways of future taxing them AFTER they are dead.

Here is what we’ve come up with: