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“Government is the most dangerous institution known to man. Throughout history it has violated the rights of men more than any individual or group of individuals could do: it has killed people, enslaved them, sent them to forced labor and concentration camps, and regularly robbed and pillaged them of the fruits of their expended labor. Unlike individual criminals, government has the power to arrest and try; unlike individual criminals, it can surround and encompass a person totally, dominating every aspect of one's life.” - John Hospers

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Marakesh 𓅦 2y ago

Not until the 20th and 21st centuries did government have the means to become totalitarian...

#GovtIsTheProblem

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a source familiar with the matter 2y ago

I suspect the philosophy of Plato, Augustine and Kant is more to blame than the scientific prowess of Edison or the industrial expertise of Rockefeller and Ford.

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Marakesh 𓅦 2y ago

That's why I wrote "means" rather than simply "technology". Socialism and progressivism have done a lot to corral and enslave the sheeple.

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