The great trick of governance, as yet imperfectly mastered, is to loot without having to fight.
Nov 092020
Ruling
In ’37 Stalin made a hash
Of party loyalists and army brass.
Decimation: One in ten are shot.
What’s the word when one in ten are not?
Nov 062020
The lower your class, the more time and humiliation it costs you to collect your dole.
Oct 212020
There are people who understand the power of speech, and people who oppose restrictions on speech, but rarely the same people.
Oct 082020
Any country that allows its citizens to vote is at least obliged to make it difficult.
Oct 052020
Greatest Evils of Communism
1. Millions dead
2. Widespread use of the term “bougie”
Sep 292020
Recycling laws exist to remind you that your rulers, though they have nothing to charge you with, can force you to sort through your garbage.
Sep 252020
You think your political opponents are unqualified to vote, they think the same of you, and you’re both right.
Sep 242020
There are men who believe in a government of laws, not men; but they are not the men who govern.
Sep 112020
In any sufficiently advanced civilization, the Top will use the Bottom to bludgeon the Middle.
Aug 252020
The trouble starts with people thinking they should have a vote themselves, and from there it’s a short step to thinking everybody should.