The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible - Bastiat Institute

244 Chapter 39 • Vultures, Beggars, Con Men, and Kings
Evil does not arise
only from evil people,
but also from good
people who tolerate
the initiation of force
as a means to their
own ends. In this
manner, good people
have empowered evil
throughout history.
Extract from
Jonathan’s Guiding
Principles
? Revolutionary:
An oppressed
person waiting for
the opportunity to
become an oppressor.
Anonymous
themselves very clean. Meat must be cleaned
from their feathers to reduce the risk of illness.
After eating, they fi nd water in which to bathe,
washing away debris, then spend much time
preening and arranging their feathers.
Condors look after their own health and
welfare and the offshoot of this is that society
is better off. The businessperson is in much the
same position. Although also often scorned,
he looks after his own needs. He does this by
earning enough money to take care of himself.
In achieving this, he provides society with
valuable services. He does not force his services
on anyone, yet the services he provides benefi t
us all. The businessperson gets his meal and
everyone is better off.
References
Rudy Rummel’s Death by Government is a
thorough account of murders by governments
in the 20th century. See: http://www.hawaii.edu/
powerkills/20TH.HTM.
Murray Rothbard’s For a New Liberty.
Lord Peter Bauer demonstrated, in his books
From Subsistence to Exchange and Reality and
Rhetoric, that the so-called Third World was
capable of prosperity with a free market and that
foreign aid, restrictive immigration, and trade
barriers hinder economic growth. See books at:
http://www.cato.org/special/friedman.
Ken Schoolland’s article, “Time Bomb
in the Middle East: A Long Time Ticking,”
may be viewed under Guest Commentary at:
http://www.jonathangullible.com/MiddleEast.