"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Right to Ignore the State
Submitted by Pete_Eyre on Tue, 2011-11-01 00:00
Though over a century and a half old, this essay by Herbert Spencer articulates the power of ideas. Bad ideas - such as arbitrary authority - can be unlearned at the individual level, thereby advancing the peaceful evolution one mind at a time.
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