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Originally Posted by chaochao
I love my homeland, I hate those parasites living by people's blood, I miss our great leader Chairman Mao!
I think all matters will be revealed soon! Just keep attention on this issue!
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Chaochao, the problem is that, like many people in the world, you've given government power over your peaceful, honest, voluntary activities. Government's only legitimate function is punishing those who initiate force, fraud and coercion.
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People will take care of themselves if government will get out of their way and not impede them, as the philosopher Lao Tzu once noted:
"A country may be governed with justice,
And a war may be won with cunning,
But people can only be mastered by following them.
How can this be known?
By looking!
The more people are controlled, the poorer they become;
The poorer they become, the more restless they get;
the more restless they get, the more forcefully they are restrained.
When people are forcefully restrained, their defiance becomes ingenious.
And the more ingenious their defiance, the stranger are the things that happen.
Now when strange things begin to happen, laws and regulations become stricter;
Then stricter laws and regulations mean more criminals and fugitives.
Soon everyone is either a criminal or a fugitive,
And no one can untangle the mess.
Therefore,
The sage does nothing and people govern themselves,
Provokes no one and people are peaceful,
Does not interfere and people prosper,
Is without desire and people fulfill themselves.
The more people are controlled, the less contented they become.
But when will leaders understand the significance of this?"
-- Lao Tzu, tr. Ray Grigg; stanza 57-58 (trad.), 20-21 (MaWangTui)