It is precisely those things which belong to "the people" which have historically been despoiled- wild creatures, the air, and waterways being notable examples. This goes to the heart of why property rights are socially important in the first place. Property rights mean self-interested monitors. No owned creatures are in danger of extinction. No owned forests are in danger of being leveled. No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg when it is his goose.
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Ideology has very little to do with "consciousness" -- it is profoundly unconscious.
...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.
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A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.
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Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very dangerous to me?
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I wonder how many of the people who profess to believe in the leveling ideas of collectivism and egalitarianism really just believe that they themselves are good for nothing. I mean, how many leftists are animated by a quite reasonable self-loathing? In their hearts they know that they are not going to become scholars or inventors or industrialists or even ordinary good kind people. So they need a way to achieve that smugness for which the left is so justifiably famous. They need a way to achieve self-esteem without merit. Well, there is politics. In an egalitarian world everything will be controlled by politics, and politics requires no merit.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
