Someone posted this- and with the way the world is, I'm not sure if they were being serious or sarcastic:
"Believe it or not there used to be a time when the government worked for the people, and helped the people with their needs and they ran programs to keep society functional."
I said, "I don't believe that fairy tale. That's what statists told their children, but it was never true."
What about you? Do you believe that? Am I wrong? Or, is it indeed a fairy tale told to gullible children to disarm their critical thinking and observational skills?
Update: Unfortunately the guy was serious. He is sure an ethical system of government is possible.
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Thank you for reading.
I expect this person is a supporter of the State and approves of its governance of other people while still being unable to ignore the corruption and evil of its current manifestation. The cognitive dissonance thus induced is still insufficient to make them abandon entirely their misguided belief in government so they instead fall back on a mythological and fictional faith in a past time when its empty claims were actual deeds; a time that never existed and never will.
ReplyDeleteI expect you're right.
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