“It’s a simple but disturbing truth: A late-stage state’s modus operandi must always be ‘government against the people’ – one that is inherently predatory. And it’s not because the participants are all sociopaths (though many are). At most times, governments try very hard to skim quietly, as with payroll taxes, where the producer’s money is taken away before he or she ever holds it in their hands. That’s also why tariffs were a traditional tax – the average person never saw it, and didn’t feel violated. But when governments are massively over-extended, they lose the luxury of the quiet skim and become more aggressive.”
http://www.nestmann.com/government-against-the-people-it-gets-worse-in-the-late-stages/
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