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blokeinfrance
13 years ago
Bastiat, from chapter Machinery in Seen & Unseen.
Johnathan Pearce
13 years ago
Having said all of that, let’s not forget that the more “civilised” Romans used system that also probably commends itself to some central planning types: slavery. Not everything changed for the worse when the Vandals, Goths and Millwall fans trashed Rome.
dearieme
13 years ago
That’s yer Viscount Ridley now, b’ain’t he?
P.S. The bloody German and Irish invaders used slavery too, you silly boy.
Bubonic Plague, cholera, leprosy…. ahhh those were the days.
Bring out your dead, unless your environmentally friendly decomposable coffin has rotted prematurely.
Textbook for schools? to counteract the doomsayers?
Optimism is a wonderful trait but can be overdone – eg at Northern Rock
Biggest ever or biggest so far?
A cynic is what an optimist calls a realist – my favourite quote from my favourite programme.
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Bastiat, from chapter Machinery in Seen & Unseen.
Having said all of that, let’s not forget that the more “civilised” Romans used system that also probably commends itself to some central planning types: slavery. Not everything changed for the worse when the Vandals, Goths and Millwall fans trashed Rome.
That’s yer Viscount Ridley now, b’ain’t he?
P.S. The bloody German and Irish invaders used slavery too, you silly boy.