Difference between revisions of "A Non-Libertarian FAQ"
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; "Government, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." | ; "Government, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." | ||
: Well, if we wish to use that analogy, let's note that we now exploit combustion for vastly more purposes, in vastly greater quantity, and for vastly greater benefit than George Washington would have dreamed of. Likewise modern liberal government. | : Well, if we wish to use that analogy, let's note that we now exploit combustion for vastly more purposes, in vastly greater quantity, and for vastly greater benefit than George Washington would have dreamed of. Likewise modern liberal government. | ||
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| + | :We could also note that "Capitalism, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." | ||
====Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)==== | ====Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)==== | ||
