Proudly delegitimizing the state since 2005
"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert
"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker
"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison
"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman
It’s not obvious to me a priori that the American variant of the welfare state is superior in every respect to the European variant. One variant may indeed cushion the victims of political privilege-granting better than others. Considering who writes the rules over here, I see no grounds for thinking that we necessarily have it better than the Germans do in every possible way.
—Henry David Thoreau
"Free association . . . the only true form of society."
—Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
3 comments:
I differ here with you, and from what I understand, Kevin Carson. I think that while both systems are far far from ideal and are modeled to maintain and strengthen an inherently unjust power structure, my own experiences with Europeans of my acquaintance lead me to believe that our system sucks somewhat less on the whole.
I don't recall saying which I think is better. It's a complicated question.
Touche Mr. Richman, touche.
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