Parasites & Taxes

Parasite is almost always used in a derogatory manner.  We refer to individuals as 'Parasites', sometimes even government.  The definition below is a slightly tweaked version of what I pulled off Wiktionary:

2.  (biology)  an organism that lives on or in another organism, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the exertion of energy by that other organism.

In my mind, everything is an exchange of energy.  To function at the human level in today's society, we have mechanisms in place for that energetic exchange, money.  You exchange your energy, time, skills, and labor, for money.  The most obvious parasite is Government.

I agree with Chris Rock when he said, "You don't pay taxes, they take taxes".  Every government reason for taxing the population is of a collectivist mindset, or "for the greater good".

By way of Merriam-Webster.Com are the multiple definitions for Tax:

1: to assess or determine judicially the amount of

5: to make onerous and rigorous demands on

 

And by way of Wikipedia :

 

A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law.

 

Instead of Tax, think Energy Syphon.  In this context, the The Parasite "taxes" The Host.

Individuals on welfare and food stamps are derided as parasites, as are illegal immigrants.  Government redirects the money you earned to people who didn't do anything to earn it.  All in all, not a top priority in my mind.  There exists a much larger parasite that goes unseen and the government is just a front for it.

The System itself is the largest parasite on the planet.  The System includes:

The Banking Industry, which creates money through fractional-reserve lending & through the printing presses of any nation's Central Bank.  Central Banks criminally engage in inflating currency, thereby stealing the value of what you earn. 

The Military Industrial Complex, which steals your money to kill people you have no issue with.  Then they want more money to fix the country they just destroyed.

Corporate Welfare, which is too huge to try and break down beyond pointing out that massive, multinational corporations pay no taxes, receive tax breaks, and bailouts paid for by tax payers.

To wrap this up, the biggest parasite of all is the one that owns virtually every government, every central bank, every military, every leader of every nation and uses those fronts to its own end, stealing energy from you every step of the way.  The number of horrible things that happen in the world, in your name, are only possible because The Parasite, the system itself, has convinced you it is not a Parasite, and that you need it to exist.  The exact opposite is true.

How much money would you actually HAVE if The System wasn't taking it?

The Parasite cannot live without the host.  In 1984, George Orwell said, "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the face of humanity - forever".  The boot in this quote is The System.  When an individual is being attacked, they are also being energetically drained.  The individual must exert themselves, to some extent, in self-defense.  They are being physically taxed, their energy is being stolen.

In Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience,  the phrase, "That government is best which governs least."  To that I would add, "And when Mankind is ready, there will be no government." 

I believe Mankind is ready to rid itself of its Parasite.