It is a cliche' of the mafia: send mafia thugs into a neighborhood to cause problems. Then send mafia messengers to the victims with the following message. You live in a rough neighborhood. You need protection. This is what it will $cost you each month. The mafia thugs then leave alone the ones that pay, & antagonize the rest.
That differs from government how?
The sales pitch is different. But the message is eerily familiar. The attacks that killed thousands on 09/11/01 remind US we live in a rough neighborhood, and so we need the U.S. military, etc etc etc
We even get the illusion of choice. U.S. voters can choose between Democrat candidates, or Republican candidates.
Members of one party will often try to present themselves, their party as different, better than the opposing party. Who are they kidding? They're all politicians.
"A government exists when it has a reasonable monopoly on the legitimate use of violence." George Will
"You don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge. These [President Bush (the younger) appointees and sympathizers] people went to the same universities and fraternities, they're on the same boards of directors, they're in the same country clubs, they have like interests. They don't need to call a meeting, they know what's good for them, and they're getting it.
There used to be 7 oil companies, now there are 3, it will soon be 2. The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice. There are 2 political parties, there are a hand full of insurance companies, there are about 6 or 7 information companies. But if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors because you have the illusion, you have the illusion of choice. You don't get the real important choices, there's no freedom of choice." George Carlin
That differs from government how?
The sales pitch is different. But the message is eerily familiar. The attacks that killed thousands on 09/11/01 remind US we live in a rough neighborhood, and so we need the U.S. military, etc etc etc
We even get the illusion of choice. U.S. voters can choose between Democrat candidates, or Republican candidates.
Members of one party will often try to present themselves, their party as different, better than the opposing party. Who are they kidding? They're all politicians.
"A government exists when it has a reasonable monopoly on the legitimate use of violence." George Will
"You don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge. These [President Bush (the younger) appointees and sympathizers] people went to the same universities and fraternities, they're on the same boards of directors, they're in the same country clubs, they have like interests. They don't need to call a meeting, they know what's good for them, and they're getting it.
There used to be 7 oil companies, now there are 3, it will soon be 2. The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice. There are 2 political parties, there are a hand full of insurance companies, there are about 6 or 7 information companies. But if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors because you have the illusion, you have the illusion of choice. You don't get the real important choices, there's no freedom of choice." George Carlin