How government officials enrich themselves at our expense

Governments are stationary bandits

Also published at: Substack

It’s highly profitable to parasitize humans.

For example, US government officials seize about 36% ($28 trillion) of the wealth created in the US each year.

Government officials indirectly control most of the rest of the economy via the state's regulatory apparatus. This control allows government officials to enrich themselves by selling political favors to cronies.

As you can see, both Republicans and Democrats farm the citizenry:


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