By Matthew Hayward Most Americans suffer from a conditioned physiological state similar to those with Stockholm syndrome (“a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them.”). But in this case, the government is the perpetrator that is intermittently harassing, abusing its power, intimidating, threatening, stealing from people and sending children to foreign countries to kill and die for perverse incentives. We are bought off with social security, food stamps, Medicare and other forms of financial aid. A strong emotional bond builds, one of dependency, powerlessness and a lack of skills, abilities and the rights to succeed. As the coming generations are facing the real possibility of debt slavery, those who are receiving subsidies of any form tend to feel entitled to what they are receiving, and why wouldn’t they, after all, their freedoms are...
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