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RE: The Last Leg of Communism
Freedom is diminishing exactly because of this collectivist mentality.
We are debt slaves but most of our wealth is extorted by exorbitant amounts of taxes, in Europe up to 80%, in so called "Social Democracies". Most of the public debt is funded by these taxes.
Most of the government spending in Europe goes for Social Security, which is a literal ponzi scheme, and for healthcare, which is very badly organized and wastes a lot of resources while barely helping people. In some cases you have to wait 5 months for a surgery. That is not a good way to organize it.
It is collectivism, and that mostly comes from the left these days as nationalism is not that popular anymore.
I am from the beautiful city Belgium , according to Trump. (stadsmanneke means little city fellow).
We have a great social security , social healthcare etc. for many years.
Everything is in hyperinflation here , especially taxes.
All those social "things" have always been here.
Government is always looking for money , 3 - 4 billions a year now for closing the gap in budgeting.
They blame unemployed and sick people for this , because this is what the displeased working man likes to hear. ( 100 millions to max a few billion € , right!)
But in 2008 , there was a devastating financial crisis.
We had a bank called Dexia , which had to be bailed-out.
Total price tag , over 1000 billion , don't have to pay all , I know.
But silenty, this is a leak , still now , from over several billions a year.
Imo this is the main reason for those exorbitant amounts of taxes.
Remarkable but collective memory only lasts for 10 years.
And it's all coming back as a boomerang , gaining momentum.
But must say , I agree with most of what you say. :-))
The whole world is a ponzi-scheme !
And I didn't even mention the other banks.