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Governments Are Addicted to Intervention

The Monster We Created

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Jan 27, 2026
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Modern governments have become like addicts, hooked on intervention, unable to stop even as each fix makes the underlying disease worse. Every crisis, real or imagined, is met with the same reflex: do something. Stimulate. Bail out. Lock down. Print money. Regulate. Subsidize. Save everyone.

The political class justifies this as leadership. But what it …

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