In Government Is Not US

In Government Is Not 'Us' by Sheldon Richman (June 6, 2004), we see not only where our existence is headed, but also the support for my thesis in this commentary:
It won't do to argue that . . . we are the government. . . . They pass and enforce decrees telling us what we can and can't do with our lives and our property. . . . People want to come here because . . . there is still something left of the private life. . . . But [it] is not as secure as it once was. . . . There was a time when one did not worry that his house would be condemned and given to a real-estate developer because the planned shopping mall will raise more tax revenues for the local government. . . . We sing the praises of freedom . . . but freedom doesn't mean what it once meant. It used to mean personal autonomy, and self-ownership, but now it means little more than the vote.
Sheldon Richman is senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation, and editor of The Freeman magazine and author of "'Ancient History': U.S. Conduct in the Middle East since World War II and the Folly of Intervention."   www.antiwar.com