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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against—then you’ll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there it that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted—and you create a nation of lawbreakers—and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”

    Yep, Atlas Shrugged.

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  • jazzroyjazzroy

    sad but true in some ways

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Different one, from :

    Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you'd collapse. And while you people are overconsuming the rest of the world sinks more and more deeply into chronic disaster.

    Aldous Huxley

  • neokooneokoo

    Sadly the first of those seems to be a "pillar" of almost all contemporary societies, though it does not bring prosperity to all. And it was very popular in the east at times when west was less armed. It's like a sickness that gets continuously passed on, a conflict-transmitted disease.

    It must be said also, as obvious as it may be, that not all western prosperity - by far - is based on questionable things. Plenty of people living in West (or what is usually called west) do not depend on those things nor agree with them.

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