“I'm not scared of the Maos and the Stalins and the Hitlers.
I'm scared of the thousands of millions of people that hallucinate them to be "authority", and so do their bidding, and pay for their empires, and carry out their orders.
I don't care if there's one looney with a stupid moustache. He's not a threat if the people do not believe in "authority".”
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I'm scared of the thousands of millions of people that hallucinate them to be "authority", and so do their bidding, and pay for their empires, and carry out their orders.
I don't care if there's one looney with a stupid moustache. He's not a threat if the people do not believe in "authority".”
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“No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men.”
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“He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.”
― Bureaucracy
― Bureaucracy
“You cannot have an agency that defends your property, which also has the right to violate your property rights at will. That's like hiring a bodyguard that you pay to beat you up randomly.”
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“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.”
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