"Whatever power you give the State to do things for you carries with it the equivalent power to do things to you." (Albert Nock)
They will promise anything you want to hear. But lsooner or later, they will use that power against you in ways you cannot even imagine.
You're absolutely right, resist it with everything you got.
"This is all very curious indeed, for on the eve of the Revolution, the Americans were quick enough to see that they were being exploited by Great Britain through taxes and other devices.
At that time they scornfully rejected Dr. Johnson’s celebrated argument that taxation was no slavery.
They were able to see that they were being robbed when they were taxed by another nation, but now they are not keen enough to discover exploitation by a class at home."
(Source: Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy, Charles Beard)
Very curious indeed...
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