It’s the ultimate satire: the state that promises you the security of an old-age pension can’t even provide you the security to keep it—the primary purpose of a state. It’s almost as bad as today’s Britain, where the welfare state provides for your welfare not by stopping omnipresent thugs from beating you senseless but by sewing you up afterward for free.I disagree that "providing you the security to keep it" is the primary purpose of a state, but still... The last part is spot-on.
from Mr. Sammler's City by Myron Magnet in City Journal
I need to cheer the hell up.
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