Total Feed US Government Asset Seizures On The Rise
This is really just a form of cannibalism– a government feeding on its own citizens in order to keep the party going just a little bit longer. They’ll raise taxes, seize assets, take over pension funds, erode freedoms, start wars and send people to die– whatever it takes to maintain the status quo.
... But even when the information is widespread and available, many Americans would rather change the channel and distract themselves with the contrived drama of reality TV than consider the actual reality that their own government could behave in a manner so criminal, brutal, hypocritical, and unconstitutional. We want to believe that we are the inheritors and preservers of freedom and democracy. We want to trust that our government obeys its own laws. It's just easier that way. The sheep don't want to take time out from lazily grazing in their coach potato pastures to consider the turmoil outside the flock.
The simple fact [is] that Americans are too distracted by celebrity gossip, video games, and sports and are too preoccupied with acquiring massive amounts of stuff, to notice that their government is dissolving their liberties and committing crimes in their name...
