“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion — when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing — when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors
— when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you — when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice — you may know that your society is doomed.”
– Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, p. 413
Truth.
ReplyDeleteWe've been screwed for a long time, eh?
Yes and doomed indeed.
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