“If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind?”
― Frederic Bastiat, The Law (1850)
There's better summaries than Wiki, but for a quick snapshot that should provoke deeper reading here goes:
“If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind?”
― Frederic Bastiat, The Law (1850)
There's better summaries than Wiki, but for a quick snapshot that should provoke deeper reading here goes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Law_(Bastiat_book)
Wikipedia's block listed 9/11 scientist.
Cancelled by Wikipedia for 14 years and counting
Article: https://911revision.substack.com/p/wikipedias-block-listed-911-scientist
quick comment before i finish reading: this link no longer works http://berlin-grp.org/the-conspiracy-label-as-a-tool-of-propaganda-part-i-origins-and-organizations-behind-the-conspiracy-label/
i think i found an alternate! https://propagandainfocus.substack.com/p/the-conspiracy-label-as-a-tool-of-propaganda-part-i-origins-and-organizations-behind-the-conspiracy-label