Re: more electoral defeats for the feudalists


Bob Kolker wrote:
ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:


"Government is a necessary institution, the means to make the social
system of cooperation work smoothly without being disturbed by violent
acts on the part of gangsters whether of domestic or of foreign origin.
Government is not, as some people like to say, a necessary evil; it is
not an evil, but a means, the only means available to make peaceful
human coexistence possible."
--Ludwig von Mises


"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire,
it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

-- George Washington

The only thing worse than government is no government at all.

There are no good governments. There are bad governments and worse
governments.

A surprising comment for someone who repeatedly asserts that "might
makes right".

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