The State Will Always Set the Rules in Its Favor

Tags: Antipolitics, Big Government, Bureaucracy and Regulation

01/28/2023 Dumo Denga

Remember Lady Justice, who wears a blindfold and holds the scales? She is a state creation, too, and when it comes to state wrongdoing, her thumb holds the scales down.

Original Article: “The State Will Always Set the Rules in Its Favor”

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