The distinction between the mafia /criminal organisations and the government is non-existent
Understanding how taxation is theft is fundamental to this and how this relationship will always be based on coercion, just like the mafia.
Taxation isn’t just theft when it’s spent on things you don’t like, it always is
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Taxation is "protection money" for the highest office of gangsters around.
Taxation doesn't actually pay for much these days.
Under the current economic model, the central banks print the money and the government loans the money from them.
Whenever the government wants to spend money they get new money "printed"(it's mostly digital now that's just a stand in word)
Taxes get removed from circulation to control the inflation.
Mafia do not have a monopoly on violence or currency, that's really the only difference between the state and a large organised crime gang.
Taxation does pay for stuff, it’s not a small amount of the government’s revenue, in Ireland anyways
Both the mafia and the government don’t respect the NAP (Non Aggression Principle) and relies on coercion which underpins both these organisations. I guess that’s the fundamental point.
They may go about it in slightly different ways but ultimately they have characteristics more similar than we’d like
Especially of the fact that none of them have many moral qualms with the general result of their organisations and live in ignorant bliss while others suffer
Actually distinction exists between mafia and governments because the second one has more guns and use more violence. Easy to spot!
gov = stationary bandits
I don't like to pay taxes but I can call an ambulance if I need it and I can be cured for free, I can enjoy curated parks, beaches and museums and I can take the metro which gets liquidity injection from the government every year.
I'm sure a good chunk of my taxes goes wasted in bureaucracy, theft and inefficiencies, but stretching to call this a mafia scheme is exaggerated in my opinion, from someone who lives in a mafia-dense environment.
Some mafias are more benevolent than others
