"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Are Bombs Broken?
Submitted by Persona non grata on Mon, 2012-11-05 01:00
If a bomb goes off and kills a lot of people, does that mean the bomb is broken? The question is ludicrous. If the bomb were broken, it wouldn’t go off.
That is self-evident, but why is it self-evident? It’s because, intuitively, we all understand that the purpose of a bomb is to kill people. Successfully designed, manufactured, and detonated bombs do just that.
Now ask about a society: If people in that society suffer and die, does that mean the society is broken? The question can’t be answered without knowing the society’s purpose.
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