The Fiction That Is the State
For a number of years, I've been on the email list of The Independent Institute. I'm not really a Great Big Fan of pubic policy "think tanks" for several reasons, but as such things go, these guys and CATO do some good work I suppose. I usually only skim the emails that come, rarely reading the whole thing or really even any one of the articles completely. Today was different. Finally; something comes along with which I can find nary a single thing wrong. This bears reading about ten times. Take it to heart; because it's the absolute reality concerning the State and always has been. Given that the State is such a huge force in everyone's existence, then if the following does not represent your view of it, you're ill-equiped to live a life as full and happy as it could be--such fulfillment and happiness always requiring the maximun possible adherence to reality. The State: it's nothing more than fictional harbor for scaredycats--and it always has been. HOW RULERS EXPLOIT FEAR When governments of old tired of spending lots of resources to beat the public into submission, they created the court priest, who promoted a theology of obedience. Modern...
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