And you’d better believe it is a threat:
I don’t want to pay $892.96 to fund the police attacking people for doing things that haven’t hurt anyone.
I don’t want to pay $1561.55 to fund the local school system that will dumb down kids and teach them that it is okay to use violence to solve problems.
I don’t want to pay $353.24 to fund other school systems to dumb down kids and teach them that it is okay to use violence to solve problems.
I don’t want to pay $400.25 to fund keeping humans in cages for doing things that haven’t harmed anyone else.
……… but I will. I will because I don’t want violence to be used against me. I am a believer in karma so I’d say that I’d deserve it.
I used violence all the time to enforce the will of the majority. If someone didn’t do what I said I’d either slam them on the pavement, put 50,000 volts of electricity through their body, hit them with a baton, or spray them with painful pepper spray. I hurt a lot of people who never hurt anyone else. I regret it. I am sorry.
If I don’t pay the government will sell my home. If I don’t leave when they sell it they will use violence to get me out. If I defend myself… I’ll be killed.
I understand how someone can think that this is acceptable behavior for a supposed “civilized” society. It is not.
