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Government totalitarianism is slowly but steadily advancing everywhere in the most odd domains of the economy and our lives as we speak. In Brazil, for example, gas stations all over the country are being forced to install expensive government-certified computers that issue tax receipts automatically as soon as the fuel leaves the pump.

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mattybs · 145w

As money becomes tighter and the fiat crisis plays out, we can expect no less. Exit the system

DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 · 145w

The trend is horrible. Soft totalitarianism will be very hard to fight. It's just part of ppls lives. Like soft KYC.

PABLOF7z · 145w

disgusting where I spend most of the time each year, a small island, there are no traffic lights, I think I've seen cops one time (just at the dentist); people generally lead lives where there is no presence of the state. there are still pockets that escape the state in rural areas

Im open to learn about alternatives or a way out of this madness.

They will demand their share of your earnings. Socialists like to waste other people's money for their own ideologies.

cyphnker · 145w

government = parasit.

UNLICENSED MONEY TRANSMITTER · 145w

the most important thing for a government is to see everything

When I was in Brazil during the pandemic, the oddest thing was other people angry at me because I was running outside without a mask. Yep, outside. In a park. That wasn’t a respiratory disease; it was an authoritarian mind virus, making everyone little dictators.

SwissNode · 145w

don't use cars - in fact I don't even have a driving license! Problem solved!

In this environment, people and businesses need to stop following laws. If nobody gets hurt by ignoring a law, then it should be ignored.

hodlbod · 145w

Those tax receipt printers are the most evil thing I've ever seen. They're not only overbearing, they're also amazingly patronizing.

原由香 (Hara Yuka) · 145w

History repeats itself. During the downfall of every dynasty, rampant corruption and absurd events become commonplace. While we mock the irrationality of it when reading history books and ask why it happened, similar events are repeating themselves in the modern era. In due time, the present will al...

Bureaucracy and totalitarianism go hand in hand. The film "Brazil" exposes this very well.