Charles Murray Goes Revolutionary

Charles Murray talks about his new book. He says the inspiration for the book was the story of a friend who had multiple government agencies purposely issue conflicting regulatory orders to his business, so they could fine him no matter what he did. When he said to one bureaucrat that he would fight it in court, the bureaucrat simply told him, “If you do we’ll put you out of business.”

Increasingly, things are looking bleak for this government. There is an endless supply now of stories like this, of the IRS just seizing bank accounts for reasons which appear to have no legal backing, and then ransoming their return. This is now a Kleptocracy – all that will change with time is the extent of the theft.

In some classified areas of government relating to “security,” particular agencies have untethered themselves from any vestige of responsibility, and are now spending as much as they can as fast as they can. I have the impression that the spending situation in these agencies was created expressly to free up unlimited resources to prepare for a cataclysm that the eggheads at the top beleive is inevitable – and which could take them down.

Although an opinion piece, this was sobering with the possibilities. I stumbled upon it through this image, which purports to be of the modified Automax railcar model described in the opinion piece, originally designed for car transport, but modified with shackles and air vents to allow it to be used as a mobile prison car – whether for holding, or transport to some sort of camp is unknown.

Our government cannot spend as it is spending, and remain. It will collapse under its own weight. What remains to be seen is what will happen at the collapse. My assumption would be, that an American populace, already disgusted with government, saddled with shortage and anger, armed to the teeth, and left with nothing to lose, will establish a much more limited form of government, solely through the threat of what they could do if challenged.

But some smart psychopaths and sociopaths are moving chess pieces as this is written, so there are no guarantees. Literally, within fifteen years, anything could happen – but whatever happens, it is a good bet it will be a story others will marvel at when they read about it in the history books.