...in proportion as the evil decreases the denunciation of it increases; and as fast as natural causes are shown to be powerful there grows up the belief that they are powerless.
Herbert Spencer was a giant of his time. His socio-political "law" is discussed at Cafe Hayek.
You have the best, most modern, and most widely available medical care in the world? But it's terrible - because some few fall through the cracks! You have terrible storms, with wind and rain? Surely governments or the UN can fix that!
Spencer's Law surely applies to many areas of life today.
It's an election year - the time when politicians and their fellow job-seekers work their butts off trying to convince you that you have big problems and that your life is difficult - and that only they can fix that. Truth is, America has essentially no s
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