Ever wonder what has happened to America? Let’s look at some famous observers.
“In laws one should make a careful distinction between the aims
sought and the way in which they progress toward that aim and between their
absolute and their relative excellence.” - Alexis de Tocqueville
“The manager who comes up with the right solution to the
wrong problem is more dangerous than the manager who comes up with the wrong
solution to the right problem.” – Peter Drucker
A fanciful example is that of the bull forced into an arena filled
with thousands of drunken, jeering, morons there to witness the bull’s savage
and tortured death. The bull goes into decision-mode and decides that his
immediate danger is the red cape waving in front of him, not the little
murderer behind it. He attacks the cape, the right decision based on his analysis
and goal to protect himself, but fatal in the end.
A more realistic example lies in the decision that the
purpose of government is to preserve the wealth of the few, the rich. Then of
course the right decision, though a tragic one, is to make sure that none of the
riches of the few are allocated to the safety and welfare of the many.
In an aristocracy where the purpose of government is to enrich
the few, laws are simple and effective.
In a democracy where the purpose of government is to make
society prosper, laws are complicated and often flawed. The ill-intended can,
and do, become masters at blaming complications and flaws on a carefully
selected enemy.

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