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The Great Fiction

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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
--Frédéric Bastiat, Essays on Political Economy, 1872
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about 1 year ago Valse said:

Although you're apparently adding more over time, I'll suggest a couple favorites that are roughly synonymous with junta: coup d'état and putsch. Obvious ones, perhaps, but they are nonetheless goodies.

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Oh, I'm sure you're not alone there! I find the strangest times to fool around on Wordie....

about 1 year ago colleen said:

thank you! i have more to add to it, as with so many of my lists... i seem to always get on wordie at about one in the morning and then peter out halfway through a new list. :D

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Interesting list, colleen! I like the quote, too. :-)

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