Inequity and Enslavement
Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 1 month ago to Philosophy
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." – Frederic Bastiat
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- 1Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 1 month agoThe prescience of men like Bastiat is sometimes amazing when confronted with the actuality of today's life.| Permalink
- 2Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 9 years, 1 month ago"Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim -- when he defends himself -- as a criminal." -- Frederic Bastiat, "The Law"| Permalink
