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March 14, 2013

"In actual reality, we are trying to answer the question: how should America be governed? "

We are therefore reasoning from the perspective of the State. Since sovereignty is conserved, the State is always and everywhere absolute and omnipotent.

Therefore, the hedonic satisfaction of its citizens, who are in fact its slaves, is not and cannot be a goal. It may be a means to an end, of course. As when we administer heroin through the barracks water supply to reward Camp #127 for exceeding its uranium production targets three months in a row. -- Unqualified Reservations: Sam Altman is not a blithering idiot

Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 14, 2013 5:46 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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