You've just defined the typical reality in our society. Almost nothing we've been "taught" in life is true. These mental constructs you describe are laboriously built by people who've been working on this for a long time. We are enslaved by lies from every direction.

You point out a glimpse of understanding regarding income taxes that will go over the heads of virtually everyone who reads it. We all know the income tax is "voluntary", right? And we all know that it most certainly is NOT voluntary. How does that work? Well, if you "volunteer" that you were "employed" and collected "income", then you have entered into a voluntary contract to give away a bunch of your money. Never mind that you were not "employed" as defined by the law, nor did you receive any "income" (unless you were involved in Federally "privileged" activities).

You reported it... or, often times, you failed to correct the erroneous information that was reported by someone else about you. If you file properly and legally, most people will not only pay NO income tax... you also receive a REFUND of everything withheld, INCLUDING social security and medicare taxes... just like hundreds of thousands of people have been quietly doing for years. And when one of these people who understands the law tries to share with someone else... the mental programming is so complete that the person they are trying to help will turn on them, accusing them of "not paying their fair share", or assuring them they will end up in prison. It seems like some people don't even want to know the truth. The elite have done well... Well indeed.

In fact, with just this ONE thing... if we all followed the ACTUAL laws... not what's right, not how it should be... but how it actually IS at this point in time... if we all reported properly and stopped giving all our money to the State, we would quickly cut them to the core. They use our money to enslave and harm us. If we cut off the gravy train, all of a sudden this movement of people "waking up" to the realities around them would be empowered, the criminal elite instantly weakened in many ways... leveling the playing field just a touch for good and peaceful people.

Sadly, the theft of the people through taxes is but the tip of the iceberg of the lies that enslave us. Our education system is designed to quiet and control, to instill these false beliefs held by the majority of the population. We are surrounded by propaganda and lies from every direction. Our money doesn't really exist, has no value, and doesn't belong to us anyway. The REAL government of the United States has long since been gone, having been hijacked by foreign criminal elements. We are so ignorant that we line up for hours to vote for whether we want to be further enslaved and used by candidate A in this fashion... or by candidate B in this fashion. It's 2 sides of the same coin!

Seriously, what if a gang of thugs rolled into your town and said "we're taking this place over!" And then they asked you to vote for the new leader of the gang that is abusing and stealing from everyone you know. What do you want? This gang member, or that one? If you cast that vote, you are giving them PERMISSION and SUPPORT to continue raping and pillaging your family and everyone around you. How smart is that? What if we ALL decided we're done with them? What if NOBODY showed up on voting day? Think that would get their attention? I'm sorry, but I'm owned only by my Heavenly Father.

Anyway, great introductory post to some of these concepts. As people first come to the realization that most of our "reality" is fabricated... we can then work together and take steps towards a better life. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty much ready to run those thugs out of town.