[gaijin]

For centuries *countries* would field armies.

Then something changed:

We saw THOUSANDS of trucks, THOUSANDS of fighters. With EVERYTHING. Every day we’d hear the stories of this weird, new, non-state ARMY kicking the cr*p out of the new Iraqi army.

ORGANIZATIONS beating countries; the rise of the non-state actor.

It made sense that private COMPANIES might provide the most effective answer to that; Triple Canopy, Blackwater, Executive Outcomes and over a hundred others.

And in time...?

We see domestically that we have the rise of the **non-state GOVERNMENT**:

A group of people unseen, who apparently govern from the shadows, immune from the effects of elaborate elections.

SECRET OCCUPIERS.

A big country that is FARMED by a smaller, parasitic one, that sucks our information and income.

[Liz]

(HAT TIP GAIJIN) We are witnessing the rise of the **non-state GOVERNMENT.** A group of people governing from the shadows, immune from the responsibilities of being elected. THEY ARE SECRET OCCUPIERS. A country FARMED by smaller, parasitic groups of individuals that suck-up our information and our tax dollars.

Very, very insightful. These are calculated pressure groups whose only purpose is to ride the US gravy train. Assorted catastrophes are threatened if they don't get what they want. Sums up the burdens taxpayers suffer from:

<><>Pay-Me-I'm-a-Victim types,

<><> color-based victimhood,

<><> hyphenates of all denominations,

<><> economic refugees, immigrants, border-jumpers,

<><> corrupt foreign aid greedsters demanding billions of our tax dollars.

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Another despical Me-First breed inhaling our tax dollars:

<><> multiple color/ethnic-based Capitol Hill Caucuses,

<><> ex-pols exploiting their elected offices like the Clintons and Obama,

<><> pols using govt inside data to profit themselves,

<><> eternal bureaucrats cashing govt checks long after you think they're gone.