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nexusvortex777 (50) · 7 years ago

Great post! You're right, saying you're a law abiding patriot isn't all that appealing, especially considering that many of the laws don't make sense. The prison industrial system is the new slave market, where most labor is for free. I think they're actually getting cheaper labor from those who have committed "victimless crimes" than what they would otherwise and this is one of the reasons why they want to keep the prisons at full capacity. Employment rates are down, but the amount of prisons being built and young men and women being incarcerated continues to rise. The moment we decide to stop feeding the beast system and take action for our lives responsibly is the moment we begin a journey towards true freedom and prosperity otherwise we are destined to repeat the same mistakes, going through the same revolving doors and never making any true progress. Evolve!

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endless.drugs (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

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norwegianyogis (54) · 7 years ago

Hmm 🤔 🙏

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endless.drugs (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

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norwegianyogis (54) · 7 years ago

Yes thanks 🙏

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njantirice (28) · 7 years ago

The fact is that with out nation-states and the creation and protection of property rights it would be impossible to have progressed to the point we have as a society.

The system has deep and offensive corruption and flaws. But to support government isn't to be a mental slave. It's the acknowledgement that the world is a dangerous place and that empowering elected officials can bring order from chaos.

I agree that there are serious problems in our American government. But I also have experienced living in a country that doesn't have the same system. And, I choose America. Hopefully in the future, regular citizens have enough power to protect themselves from crime as a community, but in the world today, average people don't have enough power to defend themselves from organized crime. I'd rather pay taxes where at least they spend money on programs for the people, than pay a protection syndicate just to not steal all my property.

If you believe in the right of a human being to own land, then you are in favor of some kind of government. I believe in the right to own land.

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endless.drugs (65) · 7 years ago (edited)

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zoomtruth (56) · 7 years ago

Visit sovereigntyintl here at steemit, Glenn is his name, if you do not already know him. He is popular on youtube. I am done with the tax extortion man. Many have been done for years, its all a lie. check him out.

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aatrayu (32) · 7 years ago (edited)

I see where you're coming from but I have to slightly disagree. I don't believe taxes are theft. I believe those administering them have become very thieving in nature. I believe providing the necessary socialized services that taxes are intended for is a cornerstone of a civil society not ruled by anarchy where truley only the strong survive. On the flip side I also believe our system of government has also become so convoluted that it only fulfils these social services superficially and inadequetely despite having the funding to do so through global economics. I don't mind paying taxes as long as they go towards what they are supposed to. For example our defense budget is is $100 million larger than the next 8 biggest countries COMBINED yet I can attest through personal experience as a veteran that many of the solidries in harms way are ill equipped and the care for us after coming home is a bare minimum. I'd happily pay my taxes for this to not be so.

The system has become convoluted purposefully. Most of us have lives and can't pay attention to the daily antics of politicians. Around the 1930's Hoover descibed the halls of Congrees as being abuzz with "a locust swarm of lobbyists". When companies started to assert more influence over politicians then consumer protection or workers rights groups the dynamics of government changed. Fast forward to today and we have Washington run totally by corporate welfare in an over complicated system that 90% of us care not to try and understand.

Saving grace? Light at the end of the tunnel? Decentralization. Blockchain technology isn't just for making money or awesome social medias like @steemit. Decentralization has the power to give our governing back to the people like a Republic is supposed to be. Free flow of information. Publically funded elections. Even playing fields for finance. We're in the beginnings of a fundamental shift in how the world is administrated and the elites are scrambling to adjust. Our job now is to keep driving the adoption and development of different applications of blockchain tech so we can get back to a system where taxation is not theft

Good post. Keep pushing for change.

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