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>Just local warlords protecting their pile of coins Except the system we have has been put in place explicitly to avoid having actual warlords protecting thei
by ramesh31 5y ago
>Just local warlords protecting their pile of coins
Except the system we have has been put in place explicitly to avoid having actual warlords protecting their pile of coins. Legal taxation based on rule of law enacted by democratically elected officials is the very basis of our society.
- wly_cdgr 5y agoYou think what we have here is materially different from actual warlords? You sweet, sweet child
- ramesh31 5y ago>You think what we have here is materially different from actual warlords? You sweet, sweet child Say that to the people living under actual warlords having their families summarily executed. You're living in a first world paradise with the attendant first world problems.
- wly_cdgr 5y agoI grew up in the USSR and half my family was murdered by various political factions. It's the same shit here in the USA as there or anywhere else