Do You Know Who’s Hitting You?

Tags: Antipolitics, Big Government, U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

06/21/2024 George Ford Smith

While our political “leaders” insist that the government is “protecting” us, it offers the same kind of “protection” that mobsters offer: pay us to “protect” you, or we burn down your place with you in it.

Original Article: Do You Know Who’s Hitting You?

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