{
  "title": "They Have Taxed You Out of Work",
  "author": "Caerith Alondar",
  "source_url": "https://caerithbooks.com/p/they-have-taxed-you-out-of-work",
  "excerpt": "SELF-SABOTAGE OR SCUTTLE ORDER FROM ABOVE",
  "published_date": "2026-09-08T12:47:46.226Z",
  "content": "<p>They did it, and now it is time to dance with it. Whether it was an order from above, hatred for the nation, stupidity, or self-sabotage—in reality, it does not matter. Any of those reasons, individually or combined, would yield what we have today: a drop from Empire to Province, and from Province to the sad town fool it is today.</p>",
  "storage": "Cloudflare Edge KV (Sovereign)"
}