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> In my country it is illegal not to subscribe to the state TV channel.

This is, frankly, a very silly thing to get hung up on.

First of all, I assume you mean you have to make some payment that goes to that channel, not that you're forced to watch it.

Second, this means you're essentially passing a presumably small tax that is earmarked for that channel.

In other words, it's not any different from all the other taxes: paying them is part of life in society, and you're never going to agree with all their uses.

I bet there are far bigger items in your government's budget that you disagree with.



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