A Tool’s Paradise
June 6, 2013
Lew: The word “tool” also has a derogatory meaning that fits the statists – and those who support the state – quite well. According to the “Urban Dictionary,” a “tool” is “someone who fixes things that aren’t broken or who just wanders around without being aware of their surroundings.”
Butler Shaffer was Professor Emeritus at Southwestern University School of Law. He is the author of In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918–1938, Calculated Chaos: Institutional Threats to Peace and Human Survival, and Boundaries of Order. His latest book is The Wizards of Ozymandias.

