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   sampo (sampo@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 16:05:00 JST sampo
   I love reading a detailed discussion about the nature of taxation on the steam community boards. is it theft or not, that is the question
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 16:04:57 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @newt @sampo i think it's coercion or duress
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 16:04:59 JST :suya:

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     @sampo it's not theft, because theft per se doesn't employ violence or threats of thereof. Taxation is robbery.
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 16:08:17 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @newt @sampo yeah but i don't think it fits as well as the alternative. governments might provide you with sub-par services, but they do give you something 'in return'. A robber wouldn't. It's more like going to karaoke with your new-found chinese girlfriends and then figuring out that you have to pay $1000 for the stuff they ordered or they'll beat you up.
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     :suya: (newt@stereophonic.space)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 16:08:19 JST :suya:

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     @lain @sampo that's in the definition of robbery.
     
     >Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Aug-2024 16:10:12 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @newt @sampo either way this is a discussion for a steam community board