By thus engrafting the barbarism of government upon the internal civilisation of a country, it draws from the latter, and more especially from the poor, a great portion of those earnings, which should be applied to their own subsistence and comfort.
Paine explains how the uncivilized nature of governments burdens the poor by diverting their earnings from their own well-being.
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