From the moment he gets out of bed in the morning, an Englishman’s life is overseen by officialdom.”
Sadly, the formerly free and formerly liberty-loving Englishmen have been some of the absolute worst in terms of crying out for more officialdom.
This is the most important post I have seen in a very long time. I urge all to read it to the end. The last part of the article has a solution which could eliminate government for all but major national projects like national defense, as the Founders intended.
Unfortunately, it seems that half of the voters in the US and UK want more government, not less. Mr. Carswell’s suggestion of privatizing education and health care would be great, but how to get the political support?
I think “emerging internet technology” will only cause the government to grow even bigger as now they will believe that they finally have the proper tools to centrally plan and manage an economy.
As soon as SAP comes out with that Five Year Plan module...
Does that goofy picture of the author mean the Telegraph’s editors disagree with what he has to say? :)
the Western Democracies deficits are a direct measure of their governments’ lack of utility, and overall burden, on their people.
An efficient process would get the job done with far less spending and taxation. Its coming
The West arose because Europe, unlike the empires of the Ming, the Mughals or the Ottomans, was never politically centralised. Europe progressed because no oligarchy could ever impose its idea of what progress should look like. Since the Treaty of Rome, Europe has stagnated because a centralised elite is trying to run a whole continent on the basis of blueprints.