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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 months agoIf I don’t pay my taxes, the government will use violence against me. Money is quantized violence.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoMoney is speech. But silence is also speech. But if money is speech, and silence is speech, then not paying taxes is speech…in which case, using violence against my unpaid taxes would be suppressing my right to free speech. Checkmate, lawyers.
If I don’t pay my taxes, the government will use violence against me.
Money is quantized violence.
Money is speech.
But silence is also speech.
But if money is speech, and silence is speech, then not paying taxes is speech…in which case, using violence against my unpaid taxes would be suppressing my right to free speech. Checkmate, lawyers.