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Don't forget that Britain elected its socialist government, despite the existence of a less socialist alternative. Gun control is also massively electorally popular.


Of course. And the russian citizens supported communism. And the middle eastern average joe thinks it right to treat women like shit. And the ancient aztecs were all for the sacrificing of virgins on occasion. Just because you're willingly drinking the koolaid, it doesn't mean that it isn't a means of control. In fact, that's the only way to do it. Members of cults are always willing participants, yet they are carefully and systematically coerced into that state of mind.

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In fact, most taxation goes towards education, the national health service, and benefits for the disadvantaged. All those are things I'm happy to see my money spent on -- I can't make it add up to 70%, only 60%, but perhaps you're using out-of-date income tax numbers?


Don't forget sales tax and excise taxes. The average London household income is like 35,000 pounds, I believe. It takes a lot less than 60% of that to pay for a year of health insurance for yourself and for a fraction of your childhood education.

But of course you have to pay for roads and such. Why then, do you have taxes on cars and fuel?

A large portion of that money is going towards interest payments on your 400 billion pounds of debt to the Bank of England, a privately owned corporation whoms members control your government to an alarming degree. The Bank loans pounds to the government -- loans secured by public taxation.

You're even further taxed through inflation, caused by fractional reserve lending. While the elite bankers get richer - via electronic creation of currency - your pounds lose purchasing power.