Essay Galaxy - To Be Governed
To Be Governed
To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-
driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at,
controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures
who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be
GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted,
registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed,
authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished.
It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general
interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited,
monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the
slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined,
vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked,
imprisoned, j....
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