"Do I have the right to come to your house and take your property?

You answer, ‘No’.

How about if I convince ten others that it is a good idea?

(You still answer ‘No’.)

Then why does it become ‘moral’ when I convince a majority of the people in your town to take your stuff? And if I do not have the moral right to loot you, by what right does a government do so?"

From: A lodging of wayfaring men, Paul Rosenberg

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The pinnacle of democracy is lynching. Just one vote against.