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Gabital - Fantasy Capitalism 101: #63 (State) Racketeering
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Cute Russian comic. The home of the official English version is here if anyone wants to skip ahead (or support them): https://boosty.to/gabiconomics-en
Simply put, racketeering is collecting consistent profit from others through unsavoury means. While it can be as simple as coercing businesses to pay up with threats of violence, racketeers often skirts the "gray" areas of the law, sometimes falling within its lines on a technicality - when utilising fraudulent or abusive extortion schemes. State racketeering is when it's done by government authorities, usually under the guise of legal measures — such as fines, taxes, or licensing procedures.
Whether it’s class consciousness or a result of the bribes made possible by class doesn’t make a huge difference in the end - the result is the chief has the capital to afford either or both of the bribes and the “inconsistently” enforced advertising fees
Yeah I'm just saying she is sneering at Gabi in a "know your place" kind of way. She sees this behaviour as a threat to their rule.
it is
(Or better be)