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The Voting Ritual
“To create a system which, by definition, enjoys a legal monopoly on the use of force, and then allow that system to become the judge of its own authority, is an error of such enormity that one can only wonder why grown men and women would be surprised to discover such powers being “abused.” Creating the system is the abuse. Directing our criticism to members of the present cast while overlooking the backers of the play – who have substitute performers waiting in the wings – exceeds the bounds of innocence. It is like placing a bowlful of candy in front of a number of small children, and expecting the candy not to be touched in your absence.”
What is the ballot? It is neither more nor less than a paper representative of the bayonet, the billy, and the bullet. It is a labor-saving device for ascertaining on which side force lies and bowing to the inevitable. The voice of the majority saves bloodshed, but it is no less the arbitrament of force than is the decree of the most absolute of despots backed by the most powerful of armies.
~ Benjamin R. Tucker
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north485.html
Something for Nothing
by Gary North
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
~ traditional saying
"Subsidies are the father of stagnation."
~ prospective traditional saying
Of all the mindsets that keep people from attaining a level of success that matches their capabilities, this one is by far the most crippling: "something for nothing."
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words (Proverbs 23:9).