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That's like saying anyone who owns property is a "part of the government" because "the government" has granted them special authority to enforce their property rights.

In Germany, the right of those broadcasters to collect that fee is derived directly from the constitution, just like the right to own property is.

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In a system where private property ownership is only specially delegated to a handful of people or organizations, those few privileged people or orgs ARE part of the government. In a system where everybody has that right by default, that's different.

An ostensibly independent organization that has been granted a special right to collect a tax is an example of the former, not the latter.

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