Can you call them if your shop is broken into?

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    Yeah, that is a highly romanticized and naive way of describing extortion

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        4 days ago

        If you can’t see the difference between taxes and extortion then you’re either extremely naive or really really dumb… In functioning democracies, taxes are used for the good of all.

        Extortion money goes to the mob boss.

        Then again, maybe you’re American? That would explain something too, as (again) you need an actual functioning democracy for taxes to work correctly

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          4 days ago

          Ah yes, I’m an American using the main UK based instance of Lemmy

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            2 days ago

            Sooooo, dumbass it is, then? You equate taxes with extortion. If you’re not a dumb American, there aren’t many other categories to place you.