Those don’t equate because of the consequences. You end up in jail if you don’t pay taxes. Dropping a penny (or the same amount you pay in taxes) means you just became poorer, but you’re still f...
Oh ok. The way I thought about it was that since the value of a person's labor was stolen (I was assuming they would want it back when they found out it was gone), it was equated to making them work for you against their will which would be slavery. I guess threats could be a valid distinction though in both situations the value of the person's labor was still taken against their will.
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