December 7th: Another Statist Holiday
December 7, 2011
December 7th must rank as one of the most sacred holidays for all warmongers and agents provocateurs. It is a celebration of one of the most successful undertakings in modern times for manipulating an otherwise non-warring people into one of the many wars that promote the “health of the state.” It has been joined by another date — 9/11 — that is certain to keep Boobus in a frenzy for killing foreigners. As with other holidays, cable movie channels can be counted upon to drag out all the pro-war films to keep the flame of violence alive within reptilian patriots!
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.
Where's the Independence?