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		dns_snek on March 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in... What happens? They garnish your wages or corporate bank accounts. By participating in society, you agree to follow the law, with prescribed penalties for breaking it. If you don't wish to participate in society, then you're free to leave, peacefully. I've yet to witness or hear about anyone facing violence over an unpaid fine in real life.

basil-rash on March 6, 2024 [–]

The argument being: “they aren’t being violent, they’re just threatening to rob me of everything I have unless I comply with their demands”?

I’d prefer the roughing up scenario.

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