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I don't believe the OP is suggesting the company doesn't make money, rather there's no specific group of people who partake in the profits.

Why does the money received need to be anonymous?

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Presumably to avoid prosecution for tax evasion.

I think it would be more interesting to imagine that such a company could theoretically pay its taxes. If such an entity is to be trusted and utilized by the majority, having it "play by the rules" to some extent could be valuable.

There is no moral value whatsoever in playing by politically-controlled rules. To libertarians your statement sounds very anti-libertarian and to religious people, your statement sounds like a blasphemous heresy.

> To libertarians your statement sounds very anti-libertarian

And to reasonable people, it sounds reasonable.

Libertarians and religious people come to the same conclusion by entirely different routes: Calling people to obedience to any other laws than the ones of the Creator, the original lawmaker, amounts to pronouncing a blasphemous heresy. Anybody doing that will deservedly burn in hell.

> Why does the money received need to be anonymous?

Well, since I was talking about an "anonymous corporation" in my comment, it would be kind of necessary for it to receive money anonymously.

I agree OP is talking about something slightly different.

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