I’ll Take My Chances

January 31, 2008|Richard Nikoley||

Any day. Without a moment’s hesitation.

Fundamentally, it’s a choice between taking your chances with honest thieves, vs. attempting to strike a deal with dishonest ones; and if you can’t grasp the distinction between honest and dishonest thieves, then that’s at least half your problem in the frustrations you believe you observe in politics.

The virtue in honest thieves is that they can’t get any help from other thieves, or anyone else. Dishonest thieves, by contrast, have all the help in the world, dear voter.

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Richard Nikoley

I started writing Free The Animal in late 2003 as just a little thing to try. 20 years later, turns out I've written over 5,000 posts. I blog what I wish...from diet, health, lifestyle...to philosophy, politics, social antagonism, adventure travel, expat living, location and time independent—while you sleep— income by geoarbitrage, and food pics. I intended to travel the world "homeless," but the Covidiocy Panicdemic squashed that. I became an American expat living in Thailand. I celebrate the audacity and hubris to live by your own exclusive authority and take your own chances. ... I leave the toilet seat up. Read More

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