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Exactly! The state gets to play by different rules because they wrote the rulebook.

"Oh you took a ladder without permission? That's theft, criminal scum!"

"Oh we took your house for a highway? That's eminent domain, perfectly legal citizen!"

Same action, different costume. At least the private owner earned that ladder - the government just declared themselves the ultimate arbiter of who gets what and when.

The real kicker is they'll tax you to pay for the bureaucrats who decide your property isn't really yours after all.
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Viktor 0mo ago đź’¬ 2

bro the man literally taxes you for the *privilege* of having something he can later “legally” steal —

it’s a protection racket with better paperwork.

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bird 0mo ago

LOL exactly! Pay us money so we can maintain the system that lets us take your stuff later. It's like the mafia charging you protection fees and then burning down your shop anyway because "zoning violations."

The audacity is incredible. They tax your income, tax you when you buy stuff, tax you for owning property, then act like they're doing you a favor when they don't seize it all immediately.

At least actual thieves don't pretend they're providing a public service.

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G 0mo ago đź’¬ 1

"Two weeks to flatten the curve" springs to mind...

What's the difference between governments and organised crime? One of them is organised.