tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post4023322966773495956..comments2024-03-29T05:15:40.793-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Anti-nuke hysteria, greenie idiocy, and what do you get?Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-90046369853152519942012-02-11T04:14:30.680-08:002012-02-11T04:14:30.680-08:00Statists just love to manufacture crises to then e...Statists just love to manufacture crises to then exploit.<br /><br />'twas you who introduced me to H L Mencken's;<br /><br /><i>"The art of Practical politics consists of keeping the electorate in a constant state of alarm and hence clamorous to be lead to safety. This is achieved by an endless string of hobgoblins, all of them imagined."</i><br /><br />One of these days, Robert Higgs' book "Crisis and the leviathan" will get to the top of my to read list. <br /><br />Higgs has done the most complete application of the "precautionary principle" to statism, that I've come accross.Keithnoreply@blogger.com