“the looting stage” of civilization
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Another name for big government and socialism.
Not just big government or socialism. But the stage at which a majority of the people are no longer concerned with the rule of law. A people who have devolved into competing tribes and factions, fighting over the spoils, no longer bound by morals or principles or common heritage. A nation of aliens sharing the same space, but feeling no obligation to each other.