Gene Wolfe's Politics

David Stockhoff · 26 Mar 2009, 20:50 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:50:20 -0400
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe's Politics
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I don't know where Dan'l lives, but where I live (the US) the police are in fact at war with a significant minority of the population. We imprison more people than Russia or China. 

But that's in MY universe, of course. No telling what universe Josh lives in. I believes he has a complicated theory to explain it involving multiple dimensions and time warps.

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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Re: (urth) Gene Wolfe's Politics
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No, people will pay less taxes and therefore have more money and therefore
go bankrupt less often.

Every penny of taxes is robbed at gunpoint from a citizen, mind you.

You're just not used to living in a well-run society, Dan'l. Where you
live, the police are at war with the majority section of the population.

Well-run societies are inexpensive.

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