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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Founding Fathers looked at the liberties they were losing, while modern Americans focus myopically on the freedoms they still retain. <\/p>\n
Is the fiction of majority rule more valuable than the reality of individual choice?<\/p>\n
The criminal justice system is increasingly like a socialist factory that disregards everything except the sheer quantity of convictions produced. <\/p>\n
The war on drugs is a civil war to uphold politicians\u2019 absolute power over citizens\u2019 own bodies. <\/p>\n
It is important to have a sounder distinction between democracy and thievery than simply counting votes.<\/p>\n
The key to contemporary American political thinking is the neutering of the State — the idea that modern government has been defanged, domesticated, tamed.<\/p>\n
A law is simply a reflection of the momentary perception of self-interest by a majority of a legislative body.<\/p>\n
Without a realistic concept of government, political philosophy is only an exercise in moral aesthetics.<\/p>\n
Government is a far more effective tool for preventing harm than for achieving good. <\/p>\n
Politicians almost always profit from their restrictions on other people’s freedom.<\/p>\n
(I tweaked a few of these lines before reposting.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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