> Nobody is going to go for the idea that the government comes around and explicitly collects a significant percentage of everything you own every year. I thin

> Nobody is going to go for the idea that the government comes around and explicitly collects a significant percentage of everything you own every year. I think you'd be surprised. When the majority of people own nothing, it won't take much for the ruling class to convince them that taking everybody else's wealth for the greater good is the right and moral thing to do.