Are "they" really the enemy?
Brad Shantz
bshantz at spry.com
Thu Aug 18 10:52:15 PDT 1994
>> Where do we start? If, or based on the words of many
>> on this list, we tear down the government, will we understand the
>> resultant human-made system any better?
>You won't tear down the government without replacing it. And I would
>argue that the more violent the means used to tear down the government,
>the more repressive its successor. Governments exist in part because
>we are such dangerous animals.
Well said, Jim. However, I question the "more repressive its successor" part.
(Note: I have nothing to back up that statement, except that it didn't hit me
as being entirely true.)
Brad
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