[ Trade ] It seemed like a fair trade. A little bit of life for a whole lot of power. But seemingly simple transactions have a way of complicating themselves. What I wouldn't give to reverse it all now...
we pick what seems the cheapest item, without looking at the real cost
Which, incidentally, is the real problem that I have with the Libertarian ideal that government in any form be abandoned: we consistently prove incapable of taking in the bigger picture, even though for most in Western society we have the leisure to do so.
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Date: 2004-05-14 04:57 am (UTC)Which, incidentally, is the real problem that I have with the Libertarian ideal that government in any form be abandoned: we consistently prove incapable of taking in the bigger picture, even though for most in Western society we have the leisure to do so.