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Virtualization. Distribution. Remote Hosting. These technologies have been around for decades. 

And if you think about it, microservices, aren't really a cloud concept. They are, essentially, a means cleaning up spaghetti code, so real people can efficiently contribute to a codebase.

Imagine the government, pitching higher taxes as "endless prosperity" or "effortless civic duty". 

Wait a minute, ... Governments already do that! 

Likewise, cloud computing markets itself with buzzwords like "unlimited scalability" and "serverless". 

Both sell a grand vision of: efficiency, cost savings, and transformation. But in reality, both are taxes cloaked in a shiny veneer masking complex trade-offs and hidden expenses. No matter how governments spin it, filing taxes will never be "effortless" - the same way deploying software will never be "serverless".

It's a classic bait-and-switch: promise simplicity, deliver complexity. Like cloud providers, a government pitching tax hikes as pure benefit is more about spinning the narrative than delivering real value. 

It's savvy marketing, not guaranteed substance. 

In 95% of use cases, businesses could achieve similar performance by investing in their own infrastructure, leveraging VPNs for secure access and control. VPNs are all you need.

Douglas Adams has a way of pointing out the absurdity in systems: "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!" The promise of simplicity often introduces new complexities and uncertainties that were never anticipated.

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