Know Thy Enemy!

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Vote 4 Nobody, Nobody Tells the Truth,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"If you have the power to hit people over the head whenever you want, you don't have to trouble yourself too much figuring out what they think is going on, and therefore, generally speaking, you don't. Hence the sure-fire way to simplify social arrangements, to ignore the incredibly complex play of perspectives, passions, insights, desires, and mutual understandings that human life is really made of, is to make a rule and threaten to attack anyone who breaks it. This is why violence has always been the favored recourse of the stupid: it is the one form of stupidity to which it is amost impossible to come up with an intelligent response. It is also of course the basis of the State." - David Graeber

“If you have the power to hit people over the head whenever you want, you don’t have to trouble yourself too much figuring out what they think is going on, and therefore, generally speaking, you don’t. Hence the sure-fire way to simplify social arrangements, to ignore the incredibly complex play of perspectives, passions, insights, desires, and mutual understandings that human life is really made of, is to make a rule and threaten to attack anyone who breaks it. This is why violence has always been the favored recourse of the stupid: it is the one form of stupidity to which it is almost impossible to come up with an intelligent response. It is also of course the basis of the State.” – David Graeber

My Commentary: “Know thy enemy.”

Young Entrepreneurs, for Freedom!

The following correspondence originally took place upon my Facebook wall, after my friend, Brooke N, posted artwork from here

Brooke N.: Another couple of kid entrepreneurs, as we were discussing this afternoon.

“A state trooper had a perfect spot to watch for speeders, but wasn’t getting any. Then, he discovered the problem. A 12-year-old boy was standing up the road with a hand-printed sign, which read, ‘Radar Trap Ahead.’ The officer also found the boy’s friend down the road with a sign that read ‘TIPS’ and a bucket full of money. (And we used to sell lemonade)”

Rayn: I remember this! Ha! 🙂