<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Jeff Swann wrote</title><author_name>Jeff Swann (npub1aj…ftppj)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1ajv7m32k0cpgzha32qszsh304qusjvwwmavus0ttktzldms4xzusuftppj</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>The political class grows out of gangs of people who figure out they can steal a lot more if they steal a little on a regular basis &amp; act like it&#39;s for your own good. Unions, mafias, terrorist groups, etc. Unproductive groups/organizations that exist by threatening people who are productive.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Pay me to protect you&#34;&#xA;&#xA;From what?&#xA;&#xA;&#34;From what I will do to you if you don&#39;t pay me to protect you&#34;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Anarchism as an idea doesn&#39;t really solve anything IMO, anarchism will be the result of technological developments (like bitcoin, nostr, keet, darknet markets, &amp; 3d printing or home manufacturing) that make economic freedom, freedom of speech, &amp; the freedom to protect yourself impossible to violate in any enforceable manner. When it&#39;s easier to protect property rights than to violate them &amp; violators are more likely to be shot than cheered, then we will be free. But I think things are likely to get uglier first. Too much of the &#34;eat the rich&#34; bullshit has taken hold of people.</html></oembed>