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June 23, 2013

The only free people in cities are eccentrics and criminals.

Eccentricity is a necessary performance art in the face of anonymity. And criminality is often the only way to get things done.
Everyone breaks some laws because there are too many laws and many of them are unreasonable or unlivable. In their own way, every urbanite is an eccentric and a criminal. It is only a matter of scale. The best eccentrics have features written about them in newspapers. Less successful eccentrics occasion only shrugs. The best criminals become legends. The rest just spend their senior years bemoaning the new thugs who don't seem to care about honor and are only out for themselves. Sultan Knish: The Urban Tyranny

Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 23, 2013 9:30 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there are not enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws.”
~ Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Posted by: Potsie at June 24, 2013 6:34 AM

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