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Did it really shatter their self image, or it just made every Dane realize that the tabu their society created against speaking badly on the absurdity high taxation they face is actually felt by everyone that is a net contributor of their system?

The middle class citizen in most of Europe is now paying more than 50% of their earnings to the state. I don’t believe a single one actually believes this is anything fair and many surely think it’s oppressive and a form of slavery.

There are only 3 kinds of people that defend these outrageously high taxes:

- the ones that are a net negative to the system

- populist politicians

- people that are indoctrinated to virtue signal about the theme, but that don’t actually believe in it (the ones in the video)

We are really living in the Dictatorship of the Majority.




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