Governments are run on hypocrisy. They can kill you, imprison you, extort you etc all under their legal framework. This isn't anything new. It's kind of essenti

Governments are run on hypocrisy. They can kill you, imprison you, extort you etc all under their legal framework. This isn't anything new. It's kind of essential in order to function as if they couldn't do it a vacuum would develop and eventually be filled by someone else who is willing to do these things.