Nye aforismer fra den gamle amerikanske vismand Thomas Sowell:
I politik er det få talenter, der bliver så rigt belønnet som evnen til at overbevise snyltere om, at de er ofre. Velfærdsstater på begge sider af Atlanten har opdaget, at rundhåndethed over for tabere ikke reducerer disses fjendskab over for samfundet, men kun forøger den. Langt fra at fremkalde taksigelser bliver gavmildhed betragtet som en indrømmelse af skyld, og ydelserne som utilstrækkelige kompensationer for uretfærdigheder - hvilket leder til forværret opførsel fra modtagernes side.
(In politics, few talents are as richly rewarded as the ability to convince parasites that they are victims. Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but only increases it. Far from producing gratitude, generosity is seen as an admission of guilt, and the reparations as inadequate compensations for injustices -- leading to worsening behavior by the recipients.)
Folk, der tror på evolutionær biologi, tror ofte på kreationisme, når det gælder regeringsmagten. Med andre ord, de tror på, at universet og alle dets skabninger kunne være udviklet spontant, men at økonomien er for kompliceret til, at den kan fungere uden at blive styret af politikere.
(People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and all the creatures in it could have evolved spontaneously, but that the economy is too complicated to operate without being directed by politicians.)
I en gammel western støder John Wayne på en sort mand. Wayne siger til ham: "Jeg har ikke skyggen af fordomme i mig. Jeg kunne skyde dig lige så hurtigt, som jeg kunne skyde en hvilken som helst hvid mand." Dette er, hvad ligeberettigelse egentlig bør handle om.
(In an old Western movie, John Wayne encounters a black man. Wayne tells him, "I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body. I would shoot you as quick as I would shoot any white man." That is what equality is supposed to mean.)
Kilde: http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/04/10/random_thoughts
