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14 And ahe will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.  
15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.
16 And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest1 young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.  
17 He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.
18 And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord awill not hear you in that day.”  
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I Samuel 8:10-17

That is far enough to state the principle. There is little or no expectation of reward to the governed. The standard of living is systematically reduced as wealth becomes concentrated in the hands of a few, as rulers steal away the wealth of the people and create a vast servant class. Eventually, it produces a mass exodus for greener pastures.

In a family situation, you can check Proverbs 13:12, the children frequently flee such a situation by running away. They feel a combination of fear and oppression, unloved, and used. They will frequently say that they love their parents (there is a charisma there), but there is no reason for them to stay because of the combination of the feeling of being used, and the fear of things never changing is too great to get out of their minds. Hope deferred makes the heart sick. That is the downside.

So, this is a mode of rule that in a family situation expects loyalty and obedience simply because the rule is there.

Excerpted from The Chemistry of Government by John W. Ritenbaugh

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