Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)

Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you get a lot of scum on the top. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)

History shows that there is a lot of truth to this. The trick for a good society is to devise a form of government that allows for stirring the pot on a regular basis. Violent revolution obviously has serious drawbacks, but comes about when the scum can't be removed by peaceful methods.


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