At first, governments strike a deal with you. You work, you build, you create. In return, they offer security, infrastructure, the rule of law — the basics of civil society. Fair enough.
But the deal doesn’t stay equal. As your productivity grows, so does their appetite. They introduce taxation, calling it your “contribution.” But it’s not optional. The more you produce, the more they take — and not just in money. In time. In freedom. In autonomy.
They sell it back to you as services — often bloated, inefficient, or things you didn’t ask for. And when some stop producing, the government steps in with handouts — not to empower, but to pacify. Dependency becomes policy.
People forget how to do for themselves because doing is taxed, while needing is subsidised. Self-reliance gets penalised; dependence gets rewarded.
And here’s the trick: the taxpayer funds the dependency, and the government sits between them, posing as the saviour to both.
They teach you not to question it. That it’s fair. That it’s your duty. That you’re selfish if you want to keep what you earn. But questioning — real questioning — threatens the entire structure.
So those who ask too many questions get labelled: troublemakers, radicals, tax dodgers, extremists. Or they’re sent through education systems designed not to provoke thought but to dull it. To create better subjects, not better citizens.
And so the system holds:
- The productive are taxed until they tire.
- The dependent are fed just enough to stay quiet.
- And the government grows fat off both.
The only escape? Quiet self-reliance. But even that’s watched. Because the one thing a government cannot tolerate…
is someone who no longer needs it.
As a footnote, the basis of this came from a series – 1929 S2 E1
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