My son is reading a book about conquerors and came across the portion on taxation, how the conquerors would tax the conquered and send the profits back home. We

My son is reading a book about conquerors and came across the portion on taxation, how the conquerors would tax the conquered and send the profits back home. We talk about what he is reading on our daily walks. He said "there are no more people to conquer, so we tax ourselves" I said "maybe we are the conquered" Both of our minds were simultaneously blown.