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:: MAX BLACK ::

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Monday, May 08, 2006 ::

RIP

"What difference in practice is there between those irresponsible "socialists" who, as soon as they come to power, impose their untested ideological principles on the management of the nation, with the result that production drops by one half - and, on the other hand, those irresponsible capitalists who permit an economic crisis in which a fall in production is accompanied by inflation and unemployment?

There is in fact no difference, except that the damage done by the capitalists is often less extensive and less permanent, and that they spare us the sanctimonious sermons of the 'socialists'. At least capitalism is not satisfied with itself except in good times when it is performing sucessfully, whereas socialist boasting need not be based on any performance at all.

Failure raises the socialist morale - luckily, since if its self-esteem had to be based on success, socialism would live in a state of constant humilation."

--Jean Francois Revel

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