Mediocrity is a disease. Government is the vector.
> Mediocrity is a disease. Government is the vector.
Precisely.
George Washington said, “Government is not eloquence; it is not reason; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearsome master.”
Another (source unknown) said, “The only thing government is good at is killing people and breaking things.”
That is a good reason to keep the government as small as possible, and on a very, very short leash, limiting its activities to the national defense, which is, by definition, killing people and breaking things.