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The state knows it is an unregulated (no one is occupying a government job and collecting a government paycheck and beholding to the government - and the party that supports the expenditure - because of it) and untaxed (the government isn't making money on something they could be if only they can come up with an excuse) activity, and that they're collecting no fines or penalties for violations of the potential regulations they could build around it. That's what the state knows about scuba diving.cuddlefish:What does the state know about scuba diving