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Just as a side note to debunk this "You'll understand when you start paying taxes" nonsense - virtually everything you purchase is subject to tax.

Just because someone might not be paying income tax currently doesn't mean that they aren't contributing to tax revenue.

Even for the things that technically aren't taxed, say if your country has provisions for necessary foodstuffs to be exempt from tax at the point of purchase for example, how do you think that loaf of bread is manufactured, transported, stocked on the shelf and sold at the register?

If you answered "By a very long supply chain with a variety of inputs, such as electricity and petroleum and labour, most of which incur their own taxation" then you understand how tax exemption at the point of purchase doesn't mean that it's tax-free - there's almost certainly tax being skimmed off the top at every step of the commodity's journey.

So yeah, you do pay taxes and people who accuse you of not being a taxpayer are economically illiterate and they deserve to be ridiculed.

They’ll remember that you cared.

This kind of shit can be demoralizing and hard to accept that so many people sleepwalk gladly into hurting others (the inspector could have kept their God damned mouth shut and moved on but didn't) You showed empathy though, never feel discouraged when others don't because at least you stood up and hopefully in whatever remains of these people's hearts they felt some shame or guilt later that day. It can be hard somedays when you just want to look people in the eyes and tell them they are a soulless festering hole where a human should be and would likely have cooperated with Nazis without a care.

That dipshit inspector has massive snitch energy. Probably gets off at being the pettiest of petty tyrants and has their sights at being a pig. Fuck 'em.

Thank you for your service

WTF is a bus ticket inspector. They seriously pay a guy just to go around making sure people pay their bus fare?

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