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November 8, 2009
How You Become a Slave
Look, liberty is not lost in a day. It is lost in increments and inches.Today you will not smoke in a pub -- or smoke at all -- even though those in charge might. Tomorrow the government will set your house temperature for you, while keeping their own set to their comfort levels. They will tell you how much money you may fairly earn, while "they" are not quite so limited. Next year your son will be forced to participate in mandatory volunteerism, and so will your mother. Soon you will be advised to abandon your hate-filled intolerant church for the approved and correct one. Someday, you may be asked to bow before someone and you will have to say "yes" and then live with yourself, or say "no" and live with those consequences. The banality of slavery -- it is almost a tedious thing. -- The shadow of the jackboot @ The Anchoress | A First Things Blog
Posted by Vanderleun at November 8, 2009 6:34 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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I am reminded of my subservience to the government each time I flush my new toilet.
Posted by: james wilson at November 9, 2009 9:58 AM