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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by dclowd9901 on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:30PM (#37909206)
And then they are taking it away from you with guns because no one can fund public safety.
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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by logicchains on Monday October 16, 2023 @10:00PM (#37909508)
People are perfectly capable of protecting their own land when it's not illegal for them to do so, as demonstrated in the early history of the US. You're much less safe in somewhere like Chicago with "well funded" public safety than you were anywhere in the US in the 1800s.
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