Currently reading Bastiat's The Law. I've been pondering this section for a few days...
But there is also another tendency that is common among people. When they can, they wish to live and prosper at the expense of others. This is no rash accusation. Nor does it come from a gloomy and uncharitable spirit. The annals of history bear witness to the truth of it: the incessant wars, mass migrations, religious persecutions, universal slavery, and insuppressible instinct that impels him to satisfy his desires with the least possible pain.
A Twitter friend, @TylerBraun, recently tweeted something along the lines of "if a blogger starts out with 'lately I've been thinking about', they probably need to keep thinking about it.
So no dissection here. Just words. What I would call truth.
I will have some thoughts in a few days, I'm sure.
1 comments:
Great Minds Think Alike! I am reading the exact same think. Bastiat should be required reading for all young people so that they will gain a true understanding of why government exists.
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