They can take everything from everyone simply by letting inflation work it’s magic, and then diverting blame.
At some point we will be forced to live within our means - we can do so with a privatized means of production intact (by stopping the spending) which is not likely to happen, or we can just let inflation devastate everything and every one with war and/or social upheaval as you described being a likely result.
One requires political will, the other one a bottomless pit of moral depravity.
The former is sadly missing, and the depths of the latter have not been tested to such an extent ever before.
Nobody is telling you not to take your check. Like you said, with the elegance of a true conservative who gets a check from the government, you won’t give yours up: “...until those lackeys that didn’t earn a bit are forced to give theirs up first. “
From the perspective of the private sector, you are also one of those lackeys of which you speak, but that’s neither here nor there.
I understand the point.
When they confiscate your 401k and/or IRA...if you have a fully-funded pension scheme from your employer (yes, I know that is exceedingly rare anymore), or if they come for your gold, like FDR did back in the 30s...and tell you that you will get a "national pension" in its stead, you will scream bloody murder...or at least I'd wager you would. I know I will.
I see this as no different.
And, yes, I realize we're not going to agree.