"Government is the problem": A refrain that cannot be emphasized too often.
Your recognition that govt is "...a giant machine whose main purpose is self-perpetuation..." is spot on. This is just one example, but anyone [not half-witted] who has been involved in the court system, comes away realizing this sickening, it-will-take-every-dollar-from-you-it-can, self-perpetuation thesis.
The government has become more like The Matrix - keeping you entertained and "productive" within a sense of safety and security while it taxes every transaction you make...for the purpose of running The Matrix.
"Government is the problem": A refrain that cannot be emphasized too often.
Your recognition that govt is "...a giant machine whose main purpose is self-perpetuation..." is spot on. This is just one example, but anyone [not half-witted] who has been involved in the court system, comes away realizing this sickening, it-will-take-every-dollar-from-you-it-can, self-perpetuation thesis.
The government has become more like The Matrix - keeping you entertained and "productive" within a sense of safety and security while it taxes every transaction you make...for the purpose of running The Matrix.