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Re:Germany’s dividend-stripping tax scandal by kaffeemitsahne on Thursday June 08, 2017 @07:58AM (#14513471)
Just like governments have a monopoly on violence, they also (somewhat consequentially) have a monopoly on theft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence

Re:Germany’s dividend-stripping tax scandal by beaconstudios on Thursday June 08, 2017 @08:08AM (#14513527)
basing states' moral rights on the monopoly of violence (instead of secondary concerns like avoiding the tragedy of the commons and establishing a baseline living standard) opens the door to justifying pretty much any violent state action. Governments having a monopoly on violence means they technically have a monopoly on genocide too, but that doesn't mean it's morally acceptable.
Re:Germany’s dividend-stripping tax scandal by ThomPete on Thursday June 08, 2017 @09:54AM (#14514168)
And just about any violent state action happens various places and nations get away with that all the time.

A lot of people are confusing what reality is with how we want it to be.