"The economic policies being proposed these days are very bad. But the principles behind them are worse. They represent a return to the idea that the American Revolution repudiated--the idea that some are equipped by nature or training to manage the lives of others without their consent....Rather than looking on us as equal beings with a set nature--such that none of us should rule another in the way that God rules man or man rules beast--our political leaders today have been taught to see us as material to be shaped and perfected by experts who have the proper technical training."
Larry P. Arnn, "Education, Economics, and Self-Government." Imprimis, December 2009.
Larry P. Arnn, "Education, Economics, and Self-Government." Imprimis, December 2009.
2 comments:
Excellent excerpt! Certainly the way it has gone the last few years and will continue down that slippery slope. Government certainly thinks they can rule against our will.
It's no wonder that I have always had an aversion to so-called expert consultants.
Sobering quote, though.
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