"Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions - everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses" (Juvenal)
"In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us." (Dosteovsky's Grand Inquisitor.)I can see things. I can get a sense of the "Big Picture" I am bad at little details, but I see the forest for the trees.
Do you know anything about how a Boa Constrictor snake kills its prey? Some people think that the snake squeezes the helpless animal with tremendous strength, but that isn't the case. The snake merely tightens its grasp bit by bit each time the animal exhales. In the end the animal can't take another breath and dies.
I hate to talk about a slippery slope, but in this case it is appropriate... Our political class, at all levels of government, works round the clock adding layers and layers of control.
"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." (Tacitus)At some point, in history, human nature causes people to rebel and throw off the chains and slay their captors. However, I wonder if we have lost the will to live free. When the founders of our nation declared their independence from England they were incensed about a 6% tax burden. Americans now pay 50% of their income in taxes and we are just happy we get a "refund" come April.
When will the tide turn, or will it? All I know is that is will certainly get worse before it gets better.
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