"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."
– Albert Einstein, "Some Notes on My American Impression" [1921]
#GovtIsTheProblem
Hmm. Not everyone would want justice administered to them, would they? Justice is getting what you deserve, but most people would prefer mercy be given them, no?
"What then? Shall I not follow in the footsteps of my predecessors? I shall indeed use the old road, but if I find one that makes a shorter cut and is smoother to travel, I shall open the new road. Men who have made these discoveries before us are not our masters, but our guides. Truth lies open for all; it has not yet been monopolized. And there is plenty of it left even for posterity to discover."
Seneca the Younger
Letter XXXIII - Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius) (c. 65 A.D.)
Seneca's version of the Golden Rule:
"Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters."
Seneca the Younger
Letter XLVII: On master and slave, line 11 - Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius)
"We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples? There are no limits to our greed, none to our cruelty. And as long as such crimes are committed by stealth and by individuals, they are less harmful and less portentous; but cruelties are practiced in accordance with acts of senate and popular assembly, and the public is bidden to do that which is forbidden to the individual."
Seneca the Younger
Letter XCV - Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), c. 65 A.D.
What's on your list of recommended books?
This is not my list; I just stumbled across it from someone else, but it does include some books I've considered reading:
1) Atomic Habits by James Clear.
2) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.
3) Grit, why passion and resilience are the secrets to success by Angela Duckworth.
4) Originals by Adam Grant.
5) Letters from a Stoic by Seneca.
6) The Daily Laws by Robert Greene.
#ThisIsAmerica
When you didn't get enough whoopin's as a kid...
"We say we have a commander-in-chief but really the commander-in-chief is Larry Fink today. The guy running BlackRock is really the president of the United States, if we look at the kind of influence he's got in every industry, Joe."
–Patrick Bet-David
That's pretty sad if "the best thing in you" is a demon, Neech.
Yeah, but it claims to show why two of my core beliefs, that taxation is robbery/theft and abortion is murder, are wrong.
What's on your list of books to read when you get the time?
Here's a new book I plan to get into, once I finish my current reads... 🙈😄👀
Nah, that's sounds too much like 9/11 (not that the mob did it, but that the CIA knew while someone else did it.) Do some reading: "The Devil's Chess Board," or "JFK and the Unspeakable" are good.
Which one do you use mostly?
I mostly on #Amethyst until it crashes, and then I use something else 😄