Other implications of human nature, especially stubborn denial, self-deception, and opportunism, also that lead Makras to institutionalise the everyday use of lie detectors, and even 'malice', 'envy', and 'jealousy' detectors. So called 'emoticons'.
To achieve transparency, Makras had cash eliminated, setting up one inter-galactic bank, through which all transactions had to proceed. It was impossible to avoid taxation, let alone evade it. The 'black' market evaporated. It became virtually impossible to corrupt people. Every transaction could be traced and identified. Of course people would inevitably try to exchange goods and services directly, in a form of 'barter' economy, but that was banned, and very easy to police, while very hard to continue on any large scale. You could not sell st
