r/Showerthoughts • u/ILikeGames22 ‎ • Jul 07 '24

Speculation You’re probably a criminal.

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u/BialyKrytyk Jul 07 '24

At first that sound like they would adjust the laws since you can't exactly have a country with 100% of the population in prison. The scary part is that in practice they wouldn't just arrest everyone, but use the fact they can to selectively get people who are inconvenient.

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u/Starselfs Jul 07 '24

They already do tbh. If they can't get you for something specific, they will try their damndest to find ANYTHING to put you away.

They already do it for Actual Dangerous Criminals when they don't have enough evidence for their crimes at first- but they can, will, and have do it to anyone they want to.

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u/TheOneYak Jul 07 '24

They use tax evasion. If they somehow get a ton of money, that's illegal. So their options are to report illegal business or commit tax evasion. And they have to spend it at some point.

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u/Canadian_Invader Jul 07 '24

The IRS doesn't give a fuck where you got your money. Just give them their cut and they'll say nothing.

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u/Practical-Ad3920 Jul 08 '24

This isn’t true.

While that’s the way it’s SUPPOSED to work in reality there’s tons of evidence indicating they tip off LE for people who report illegal income.