interesting quote
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:26 am
Finally convincing myself that I shouldn't be spending this time on Cantr but instead on my dissertation, I just started reading again. But as usual when I'm reading for my studies, it immediately reminds me of Cantr again 
(political science really is a fun subject 
...). Here's the quote the article I'm reading starts with:
"Under anarchy, uncoordinated competitive theft by 'roving bandits' destroys the incentive to invest and produce, leaving little for either the population or the bandits. Both can be better off if a bandit sets himself up as a dictator - a 'stationary bandit' who monopolizes and rationalizes theft in the form of taxes." (Mancur Olson, "Dictatorship, democracy, and development", American Political Science Review, 87:3 (1993), p. 567).
A few lines later he quotes a guy in a poor Southern Italian village: "Monarchy is the best kind of government because the King is then owner of the country. Like the owner of a house, when the wiring is wrong, he fixes it." (ibidem)
Cool quotes, no? ... The first immediately reminds me of Cantr's pirates. The second doesn't really remind me of Cantr, but is still a cool quote ...
Heh, that's only the first paragraph of the article ...
(political science really is a fun subject ...). Here's the quote the article I'm reading starts with:
"Under anarchy, uncoordinated competitive theft by 'roving bandits' destroys the incentive to invest and produce, leaving little for either the population or the bandits. Both can be better off if a bandit sets himself up as a dictator - a 'stationary bandit' who monopolizes and rationalizes theft in the form of taxes." (Mancur Olson, "Dictatorship, democracy, and development", American Political Science Review, 87:3 (1993), p. 567).
A few lines later he quotes a guy in a poor Southern Italian village: "Monarchy is the best kind of government because the King is then owner of the country. Like the owner of a house, when the wiring is wrong, he fixes it." (ibidem)
Cool quotes, no?
... The first immediately reminds me of Cantr's pirates. The second doesn't really remind me of Cantr, but is still a cool quote ...
Heh, that's only the first paragraph of the article
...
Nick, that's rude! I'm not sucking up to anyone!
