ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Does it matter who has the monopoly on violence, if you don’t? You pay taxes because if you refuse to for long enough, burly men with guns will eventually take your stuff and lock you up.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Does it matter who has the monopoly on violence, if you don’t? You pay taxes because if you refuse to for long enough, burly men with guns will eventually take your stuff and lock you up.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Why aren’t burly men coming for musk?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
You seem to think there is some kind of cosmic balance.
There is not.
Musk in charge, you aren’t. That’s why he gets to do what he wants and you don’t. And it sucks.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
He has the support of the people with a monopoly on violence.
The fact that your neighbor can’t do anything is what makes it a monopoly.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
The reason I would do it is not for monetary gain. I don’t believe I’m talking with someone who understands what the implications are of having musk in control all of the US’s appropriated funds.