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Tangential: a favorite quote. "The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; bo
by nazgulnarsil 15y ago
Tangential: a favorite quote.
"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists." -Hemingway
Hemingway was a known harsh critic of the state. Sure you have freedom of speech and expression, but they have the freedom to keep an eye on you.
- drewblaisdell 15y agoNo, the government really does not have the freedom to wiretap our phones... or rather, they didn't during Hemingway's era.