"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
You’re Ruining the Movement When You Compare Taxation to Slavery
Submitted by mhstahl on Sat, 2013-08-10 00:00
Mr. Rich, I happily turn in my card...if I had one...but come to think of it, I never joined.
Collectivism aside, he does have a point about the counter-productivity of "colorful metaphors" and overstatement in philosophical discussions.
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