Natural resources are the original source of all wealth. Labor can only add value. Government can only take value away. If what government takes is significa

Natural resources are the original source of all wealth. Labor can only add value. Government can only take value away. If what government takes is significant, the amount must be bearable relative to the remaining resources and productivity of the labor, or collapse will be inevitable. A benevolent government is sustainable. A greedy or destructive government is not sustainable, even though the resulting collapse may be beyond any person's or institution's living time frame or vision. This can be exploited by design.