The old link between taxation and extortion isn't far beneath the modern paper veneer, initially the largest meanest gang would go around collecting the peasants' resources and then have a party with them. Now we use longer words for it, but in essence it's still a bigger kid demanding your dinner money to spend on toys.
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Date: 2008-07-18 03:42 pm (UTC)The old link between taxation and extortion isn't far beneath the modern paper veneer, initially the largest meanest gang would go around collecting the peasants' resources and then have a party with them. Now we use longer words for it, but in essence it's still a bigger kid demanding your dinner money to spend on toys.