I have immense empathy for those that work hard and have the fruits of that taken away, but there is a sickness in the US where all inevitable indirect motion c

I have immense empathy for those that work hard and have the fruits of that taken away, but there is a sickness in the US where all inevitable indirect motion caused by the simple reality of living in a zero-sum system (called civilization) is framed as something being "taken away", which implies much more injustice than the actual consequences in question. It's an adjacent mindset to the one that can not have a rational discussion about anything related to taxation because they think that the phrase "taxation is theft", aside from being true or not, is a perfectly complete opinion on all taxation-related topics. It's also adjacent to the mindset that obsesses over "personal responsibility", which is certainly a noble ideal, but from the mouths of these people is instead used as a rejection of reason and empathy. These hyper-reductions might have a seed of a legitimate idea in them, but they are ultimately destructive.