Lockeing Up Leviathan Posted by sakerfa on May 13, 2009

Lockeing Up Leviathan

Posted by sakerfa on May 13, 2009

Like any carnivorous beast, Leviathan has a ravenous appetite, but it differs in that its appetite is never satisfied and it has even been known to eat itself to death. Leviathan’s only and favorite staple is, of course, taxes.

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In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.Isaiah 27:1

Leviathan, that great mythical sea creature referenced only a handful of times in the Old Testament, was first referred to as synonymous with the State by Thomas Hobbes in his 1651 work on the social contract, entitled none other than Leviathan.

According to Hobbes, Leviathan or a strong central government is necessary to deter what Hobbes considered to be the natural state of man, which he described as “war of every man against every man“. Hobbes postulated that the State brings order and peace and makes society civilized.

Without need of either advocating or rejecting Hobbes’ arguments in favor of a strong State, one can hardly look upon modern governments, including the United States federal government and the individual United States, without agreeing that Hobbes’ depiction of the State as a Leviathan, that is, a threatening, powerful beast, was spot-on.

Like any carnivorous beast, Leviathan has a ravenous appetite, but it differs in that its appetite is never satisfied and it has even been known to eat itself to death. Leviathan’s only and favorite staple is, of course, taxes.

Taxation — whether direct, indirect, or through monetary depreciation (i.e., inflation) — keeps the State alive, permits it to grow, and facilitates its power, which so often becomes despotic. Taxes are, if you will, Leviathan’s super-food, packed full of vitamins and minerals and all wrapped up in a munchy morsel of the sweat and energy of those whose labor cooked it at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Taxes are to Leviathan what spinach is to Popeye. After several days on a diet exclusively of protein-rich taxes even the tiniest of critters will mutate into a Sigourney Weaver alien-like monster ready to devour all in its path.

SOURCE: DPROGRAM.NET

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