I'm too tired to read this - so when I pay for something and the receipt has the amount and another bit showing the tax then this is because I live in a more au

I'm too tired to read this - so when I pay for something and the receipt has the amount and another bit showing the tax then this is because I live in a more authoritarian state. The more authoritarian state isn't the one where police not only carry guns but shoot citizens with them on a daily basis ? Instead it's the one where you only see the vat seperate out on your receipt, OK.