Someone rings your doorbell, you open the door.
'The handyman!' a man in blue overalls yells. 'That'll be 15,000 dollars!'
'Why?' you ask.
'Why, why...?! Because I say so! That's why!' the man in blue shouts.
'But, why should I pay you?' you ask politely.
'For all the jobs I am going to do for you. Services, let's say.'
'But... what jobs then?' you ask.
'Well, I will decide that! At any rate, very useful jobs!' the man barks.
'Hmm, in that case, no thank you,' you say.
'No no, you don't understand! You're just going to pay me, or else I'll put you in a cage!' the man threatens.
The man explains that he hires people with guns and that he will force you with those weapons, if you refuse his offer.
You give in and pay.
You hear from your neighbors that the same man and other handymen have been at their door as well. They paid the man, too. You decide to gather in the community center.
The people discuss and debate. Some want to hire the blue handyman, while others prefer another handyman in red overalls, and others want the one in yellow. But nobody seems to wonder if those handymen are actually a good idea. Regardless of the possible quality of their work...
Eventually, everyone votes on the matter and after counting the votes, the red handyman wins.
After a while, a new handyman comes ringing at everyone's doorbell.
'That'll be 15,000 dollars!' the man in red shouts. 'And it may be more in the future! Or less, but I will decide that!'
'But,' you say, 'I thought...'
'Yeah yeah thinking thinking!' the handyman says. 'Leave the thinking to me. YOU have chosen me!'
'But, I don't agree,' you tell him.
'That's okay,' the man in red says. 'But you're going to pay me, or I will lock you up!'
You bow your head and pay.
Strange little story, right? But this is what happens to us every day. Your government determines THAT you should pay and WHAT you should pay for. Besides, the same government decides which services you get in return (and whether you get anything in return at all). About all those issues, you have no say. You are only allowed to choose for another frontman, another color. For you, the conditions stay the same: you have to obey, or you'll end up, under the threat of violence, in a cage.
