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[–]unagisongsBurn down Reddit! 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You want something, you, or you and a VOLUNTARY group, can pay for it.

The oligarchy does pay for it. They buy the middle management politicians to take care of them and their needs. Same as it ever was throughout history.

Want a war? YOU can buy guns and YOU can go overseas to die.

You're missing something critical here: legitimacy. If you want to buy guns and plunder you need to do so under the banner of a powerful state. Going all East India Company) without the backing of the state will get you hanged. The age of piracy was primarily driven by STATE actors. It was the pirates that went rouge that got hanged usually by their former benefactors.
Every wondered why a tie is symbol of the business men? It was derived from popular fashion accessory from Croatian mercenaries who wore traditional knotted neckerchiefs as part of their uniform during the 30 Years War. The french adopted a practical functional garment and transformed it into a symbol of political and economic power. The business man is a corporate mercenary. It gives them historical symbolic legitimacy despite it being a goofy tied knot of fabric around their neck.

Worked on Marie Antoinette.

No it did not. Marie never had much power and was hated as a foreign occupier of the French throne. In fact part of the grievances that led to the french revolution was Louis XVI marrying Marie Antoinette in first place.

My guy. It's time to pick up some history. You're missing the historical context of what the fuck is going on around you to properly ground your ramblings, buzz words, and parroted phrases.

[–]Bearcat22[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Quibbling crapola in your reply. ^ The principle is sound, and you know it. Mind your own businessPay your own wayuse force only in self defense. The two gangs of cannibals, fascists and communists, aka republicans and democrats will extort and waste your life blood via taxes until you wake up and realize they are superfluous, mere parasites.********************* Things have been so bad for so long that most persons are not aware that there is a valid alternative. Two essays: Government Financing in a Free Society, and The Nature of Government. Read them and understand. It is YOU who lacks 'historical context'.