Once you understand the fraud involved, it becomes psychologically difficult to continue to participate in the extortion schemes like local taxes and vehicle licensing. There is a "deadweight pain" to knowing. You can ignore their demands and make them come after you, pay up from your meagre resources, or fight back and force them to prove the obligation and lawfulness.
I can't wait for this whole thing to collapse. Don't care how much hardship is involved. Bring it on.
People are reaching their breaking points. In this small village the police provoked an unexpected response when ticketing all cars on our narrow street early one morning because they had not yet moved them to park on the other side of the street according to village schedule. An unprecedented act as usually the cars switch cooperatively/obediently within 24 - 48 hrs.
80€ per car, that is a huge amount for most and they are now organising to protest and not pay. Many in this small village where life is generally simple but kind, have had enough with covid restrictions, economic hardship, illness and death and now nasty cops.
They appear to be baiting a reaction from us with increasingly hostile policies and actions.
