Being the richest man on a sinking ship is a bitter victory

I am unable to accept the idea that I should be an obedient subject of a gang of corrupt, unprincipled thugs who pontificate about freedom while enslaving the population.

In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged that only 20% of the destruction inflicted by his invasion was inflicted on military objectives. Civilian non-combatants, essentially innocents, suffered 80% of the losses.

All of political history history can be summed up as a struggle to throw the bad guys out and put the good guys in.

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs.

Being the richest man on a sinking ship is a bitter victory

Peace and prosperity are inversely proportional to the level of taxation.