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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

But what if he's the tax collector?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I am a tax fraudster

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Could be either one, though now that I think about it, Biblical tax collectors were the ones who were, in a 100% literal sense, state sponsored muggers (due to the fact that Ancient Rome didn't have an advanced census system to do it systemically with).

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