Wojtek Sokolowski:
> That is a very efective weapon against the corporate state. Most of
> their social control mechanisms depend on you voluntarily submit the
> whip with which they can flog you (e.g. info on your assets they can
> garnish, your driving privilege they can withdraw, etc.). If you do not
> do that, as many people in my hood do, they do not have too many means
> to punish you to force compliance.
Hence the utility of the Bismarckian Welfare State. I am wondering whether the ruling class will now attempt to reverse the trend toward letting the poor fend for themselves, given that they are then less easy to observe and control.
-- Gordon