Are we a Kleptocracy already?

The following from WIKIPEDIA

Kleptocracy, alternatively cleptocracy or kleptarchy, from Greek klepto (theft) and kratos (rule), is a term applied to a government that extends the personal wealth and political power of government officials and the ruling class (collectively, kleptocrats), via the embezzlement of state funds at the expense of the wider population, sometimes without even the pretense of honest service. Political corruption is closely tied to the internal workings of a Kleptocracy.

The following from Ludwig von Mises Institute

[W]hoever desires liberty, should understand…That every man who puts money into the hands of a 'government' (so called), puts into its hands a sword which will be used against him, to extort more money from him, and also to keep him in subjection to its arbitrary will. That those who will take his money, without his consent, in the first place, will use it for his further robbery…That the only security men can have for their political liberty consists in their keeping their money in their own pockets, until they have assurances, perfectly satisfactory to themselves, that it will be used as they wish it to be used, for their benefit, and not for their injury. That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted for a moment, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support

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Can someone please explain to me how we are much different than a Kleptocracy right now, as it is described above?!

Some of us are 'smart' enough or have 'learned' how things 'work', how things are set up (and far too often stacked against us) in financial matters. There are still many, millions in fact, who have been so effectively 'dumbed down' by a, not 'failing', but corrupt and well planned de-education system. Those unfortunate enough to have failed, somehow, to grasp life and what it is and what it means. Those who have placed 'personal gratification' above all else...

This very same 'group' of people exists at the two extremes of society. The 'state educated' 'shopper class' at the bottom of the equation and the financial elites who 'feed' off them at the top. I propose that the 'shoppers' on the bottom are intentionally taught that they are immediately 'entitled' to everything they ever wanted in life the second they 'graduate' from the public school system. That they are 'taught' that the world belongs to them through the coolest invention mankind has ever come up with... easy credit...

They all, the 'shoppers', must have the latest greatest... you name it. Video game systems, flat panel TVs, Blu Ray players, iPods, MP3 players, Blackberries, cable/sattelite, computers, cell phones, pools, spas, hot tubs, furniture, appliances, vacations, cars and houses. To name but a few... Those persons at the other extreme, the top, are the SAME people! Merely stick the word 'uber' in front of all the above and multiply by any given number... Both 'extremes' are all about instant self gratification and not much more than that...

Then, there are a lot of people in the middle... Between the two 'extremes'... People who seek a life of family, love, joy, hard work and peace with the Lord. A life of honesty, the rule of law, justice, true democracy, freedom, liberty, respect for and adherence to the the 'Constitution of the United States of America'. A world free from greed and corruption, totalitarian governments and abusive corrupt corporations...

A Kleptocracy steals from the subjects it is charged to represent to stuff it' s own, and the pockets of other elites, with our gold. How is this so different from cap and trade, stimulus bills, bailouts, the printing of money by the FED, the CONFISCATION of our money through making health insurance mandatory?! Do it or pay a hefty fine ("TAX")! It is OUR money people! It IS OUR country people! We MUST 'take it back'! If NOT us... then who???

It's a battle, dare I say an ancient one?

Who will prevail? Where do we go from here? Does anyone truly 'care' anymore?

I, for one, pledge to continue to fight the battle for as long as I am able. For I am an Ancient Warrior.

Greg