Debt/Tax Serfdom

Comment:

Sounds like an "Atlas Shrugged" strategy for the middle class. It's the middle class that's carrying the burden of the state on their shoulders. The author says just shrug it off.

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Home > Guest Post: The Trick To Suppressing Revolution: Keeping Debt/Tax Serfdom Bearable

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Guest Post: The Trick To Suppressing Revolution: Keeping Debt/Tax Serfdom Bearable

By Tyler Durden

Created 05/16/2013 - 21:49

Parasites must balance their drive to maximize what they extract from their host with the risk of losing everything by killing their host. This is the dilemma of the parasitic partnership of the central state and financial Elites everywhere: to extract the maximum possible in debt payments and taxes without sparking rebellion and revolution. The 30 million whose labor funds the parasitic status quo don't have to rebel; they simply have to stop going to work, stop starting enterprises, stop being productive. They just have to tire of being the host, tire of being debt-serfs, tire of being tax donkeys. The trick to suppressing revolution is to keep debt-tax serfdom bearable. The parasitic Elites are keeping the host going, but at a high cost in resiliency. Let's see how long the host lasts once a crisis hits.

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Source URL: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-16/guest-post-trick-suppressing-revolution-keeping-debttax-serfdom-bearable

Update:

Here's another very compelling post at Zero Hedge.  It is about the death the American worker---but I think of it as a WAR.