The first tribes arrived in North America and they used all the land. They followed the buffalo and had steak every day. No need for taxes, central government or prisons.

The second tribes arrived and land was everything to them. They set up institutions that would let them claim all the land. The first tribes were pushed into small pockets. They lost a game they did not even know they were playing.

Then the third tribe arrived. They like money. Just as the first tribe used all the land then lost it so the second tribe used money then lost it to the third. That third tribe instigated laws that would gradually funnel all the money into their pockets.

First there was money lending with interest. Then they lent money they did not even have and still charged interest. Then they printed money and charged interest on that. Then they invented ways to effectively impose their own sales taxes by inventing credit cards. The list goes on.

At each stage, money leaves the second tribe and moves, irrevocably, to the third. Interest payments on a few $trillion soon gives you a comfortable lifestyle!