Sam:
By all accounts Rhodesia (oops) Zimbabwe is a beautiful place too. I wonder if NJ has realized that they are running a sophisticated parallel to Zimbabwe.
Sadly, they will get what they deserve. And I do not see John Galt approaching the podium.
McVey
One interesting thing is that socialism seems to be a natural for a tribal or primitive society, where everyone must by need work together for common survival, with a chief of some kind to direct the effort. As far as I can see, there has to be a higher form of civilization before individual freedom and personal liberty can be supported. And yet, when civilization reaches still a higher level, such as it has in the the great metropolitan areas of today, like New York of parts of NJ, the density of population means that when one individual exercises his individual freedom, the likelihood is much greater that he will impact the freedom of his neighbor. So, almost by necessity, freedoms are again curtailed and socialism again begins to gain the upper hand.