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by Jdam 3822 days ago
> Because the state is neither corrupt nor _incompetent_

This needs to be proven. Oh wait, it is proven like every day. Just open a random newspaper on a random date. /european

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How someone can make such an unbelievably moronic and utopian statement is beyond my comprehension. A shame so few have yet to internalize the lessons of Buchanan and Tullock, though to presuppose the existence of a perfect government, I'm afraid is much more desperate than that.