The state creates money at the cost of inflation and injustice and sweat of poor people.

The state goes to war at the cost of hunger, killing, and blood.

So it's paid by the middle class and poor people.

It can control narratives at no cost.

it can silence dissent at no cost.

It can expand surveillance at no cost

it can limit freedoms at no cost

It can manipulate markets at no cost

It can erode the value of saving at no cost

It can distort economic incentives at no cost

It can influence elections at no cost

It can shape public opinion at no cost

It can regulate industries at no cost

It can stifle innovation at no cost

It can foster inequality at no cost

It can impose taxes and redistribute wealth at no cost and no vote of yours.

The war machine needs to eat