To rule is to destroy

[Mutilated Mind]

In the US, our sufferings at the hand of the state are inauspiciously evil. From the moment you begin your day to the time you go to bed, your life is changed for the worse by the state. The temperature of the hot water in your shower, the pressure at which it comes out, the quantity of the water flow, the efficiency of the flush in your toilet, the contents of your toothpaste, the country of origin of the clothing you put on, and the price of the gas in the car that you drive, are managed by bureaucrats in Washington.

http://batr.net/batrnews/2006/05/to-rule-is-to-destroy-by-llewellyn-h.html

What do you feel when you read this ?
Is the state really a danger to human freedom, do you think ?
Are people mostly sheeple who have to be awakened to realize they can be free ?
Is the fear of government regulation exaggerated ?

[Mutilated Mind]

Come on, intellectually mature people all and sundry !

[TehBorken]

 Mutilated Mind wrote:
What do you feel when you read this ?

Deja vu.


Is the state really a danger to human freedom, do you think ?

That's been the inevitable consequence since the Dawn Of Civilization, as far as I can tell.


Are people mostly sheeple who have to be awakened to realize they can be free ?

Yes, but waking them is usually pointless- they just don't/won't give a shit as long as they still have their Budweiser and HBO.


Is the fear of government regulation exaggerated ?

You can't exaggerate something that's essentially boundless by design.