Read this piece by Thomas DiLorenzo. It expands on the following:

In government, failure is success. That’s what I call DiLorenzo’s First Law of Government.

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DiLorenzo’s Second Law of Government is that politicians will never assume responsibility for any of the problems that they cause.

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DiLorenzo’s Third Law of Government is that, with one or two exceptions, all politicians are habitual liars.

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DiLorenzo’s Fourth Law of Government is that politicians will only take the advice of their legions of academic advisors if it promises to increase their power, wealth, and influence, even if they know the advice is bad (or even devastating) for the rest of society.

Read this piece by Joseph Sobran. It begins:

My arrival (very recently) at philosophical anarchism has disturbed some of my conservative and Christian friends. In fact, it surprises me, going as it does against my own inclinations.

As a child I acquired a deep respect for authority and a horror of chaos. In my case the two things were blended by the uncertainty of my existence after my parents divorced and I bounced from one home to another for several years, often living with strangers. A stable authority was something I yearned for.

Meanwhile, my public-school education imbued me with the sort of patriotism encouraged in all children in those days. I grew up feeling that if there was one thing I could trust and rely on, it was my government. I knew it was strong and benign, even if I didn’t know much else about it. The idea that some people — Communists, for example — might want to overthrow the government filled me with horror. . . .