"As the State swells, it ceases to perform any of its functions even marginally well."

I guess I'm a paleo-conservative, in this guy's system. I just call it old-fashioned classic liberalism myself.

Posted by Christopher Taylor at July 22, 2013 11:07 AM

Minarchy - It doesn't rule

Posted by monkeyfan at July 22, 2013 1:37 PM

You can see the swelling balloon-like effect of those circles, too. Each division was passed to the next with the same arguments and well-meaning ignorance of human nature and consequence.

Posted by Christopher Taylor at July 22, 2013 1:45 PM

Except that the balloon gets smaller as the government takes over. Think North Korea as the end point.

Posted by Brett_McS at July 22, 2013 7:22 PM