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 Land of the Free*

*if you pay your taxes 
 Guess we haven't been land of the free since 1862 when Lincoln started the 3-5% income tax for the war. 
 Correct although “we” doesn’t exist and to this day, but especially back then, there were people who did not pay that tax. 
 🎯let's make that behavior the norm again🔥 
 ⚔️🛡️ 
 I just had a discussion with a customer about that. He still believes the state is there to help and wouldn't take his property from him if they wanted to. Smh 🤔 
 Tell him about what happened to South African farmers (and citizens) and not to mention Zimbabwe, a few years ago 
 "That would never happen here." Hahaha what a joke. How naive. 
 Such is the case for way too many people. Educate those toy can, ignore those too stubborn or proud to want  to learn 
 It’s all make believe… 
 Land of the Free*

Footnotes:
*This is false.