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To Benjamin Franklin's two certainties in life, death and taxes, let me add a third -- oppression. For as long as there has been more than one in a group, man has sought to subjugate man. Consider the following allegory:
'Friday,' said Robinson Crusoe, 'I'm sorry, I fear I must lay you off.' 'That's all right, Master.I'll plant my own crop, build my own hut and gather all the eggs and nuts I want myself. I'll get along fine.' 'Where will you do all this, Friday?' 'Here on this island.' 'This island belong to me you know. I can't allow you to do that. When you can't pay me anything I need I might as well not own it.' 'Then I'll build a canoe and fish in the ocean. You don't own that.' "That's all right, provided you don't use any of my trees for the canoe, or build it on my land, or use my beach as a landing place, and do your fishing far enough away so you don't interfere with my riparian rights." "I never thought of that, Master. I can do without a boat, though. I can swim over to that rock and fish there and gather sea-gull eggs." "No you won't, Friday. The rock is mine. I own riparian rights." "What shall I do, Master?" "That's your problem, Friday. You're a free man, and you know about rugged individualism being maintained here." "I guess I'll starve, Master. May I stay here until I do? Or shall I swim beyond your riparian rights and drown or starve there?" "I thought of something, Friday. I don't like to carry my garbage down to the shore each day. You may stay and do that. Then whatever is left of it, after my dog and cat have fed, you may eat. You're in luck." "Thank you, Master. That is true charity." "One more thing, Friday. This island is overpopulated. Fifty percent of the people are unemployed. We are undergoing a severe depression, and there is no way that I can see to end it. No-one but a charlatan would say that I could. So keep a lookout and let no-one land here to settle. And if any ship comes, don't let them land any goods of any kind. You must be protected against foreign labour. Conditions are fundamentally sound, though. And prosperity is just around the corner." [This piece was written by Mary Atterbury 62 years ago. You may not remember it, but doesn't it sound familiar?] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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