My personal opinion

The Birth of Human Struggles or the Broken Systems Once upon a time, King X, who ruled the Valley, was a good man, but he harbored one great fear: that things were not "orderly" enough. One day, he decided that for eternal peace to exist, he needed soldiers. "The more swords guard our borders, the more peacefully my subjects will sleep," he thought. And so, he commanded the strongest men to become soldiers, patrolling the roads and guarding the realm from other kingdoms. However, the young people of the Valley soon realized that the silence had vanished. Everywhere, the thud of boots and the clanking of weapons echoed. When they wanted to go to the river, heavily armed soldiers would stop them, demanding a password. "We are keeping the peace, youngsters," they would say, but their eyes were filled with suspicion. Where there were too many soldiers, peace turned into a constant expectation of war. Seeing that the people were growing restless, the king decid...

 This story is a dark but painfully accurate allegory for the way in which the State (in the person of the Lion)—driven by legitimate intentions for “control and optimization”—suffocates Free Initiative (the Ant) through an avalanche of administration and regulations. Initially, the Little Ant was an example of private initiative and an unencumbered producer. She arrived early, worked diligently, and created real value for the community. Her output was high, and her work was clean and simple. She represented the engine of the economy, operating without subsidies or government orders, motivated solely by the desire to produce. The ruler—the Lion (the State Apparatus)—noticed her uncontrollable but impressive productivity and thought, "If this entity (the Ant) creates so much wealth unencumbered by public standards and oversight, how much more could be squeezed out... if we imposed controls and regulated the process?" In the name of “greater transparency and security,” the Lion...