It's "rulers." It's also human nature, that is, going Galt.
On May 14, 11:14 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > d.b. > > Treasury officials are not "leaders" in the sense you are using the > word. They are beureaucrats, appointed to oversee and manage the > Treasury Dept. They are only "leaders" in the sense that they are top > or upper management of a Dept. > Hell, the "common people" usually can't even name who holds that > office, much less pattern his/her behaviour on the basis of what he/ > she does. > > On May 14, 3:19 am, "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Even the ancient Chinese knew what it meant to Go John Galt. > > > Confucius said, “When the ruler is correct, his will is put into > > effect without the need for official orders. When the ruler’s person > > is not correct, he will not be obeyed no matter how many orders he > > issues.” Analects XIII.6 > > > Interpretation: Confucianism, amongst other things, is extremely > > averse to having too many laws. In fact, an ideal state will have no > > laws at all. The ideal ruler will lead by example, and others will be > > guided by this. There is plenty of criticism of Confucianism in the > > west, but we would be a lot better off if this concept was widely > > applied. When treasury officials don’t pay their taxes, isn’t it > > inevitable that the common people will do whatever they can to avoid > > it too? > > --http://insidetheasylum.blogsome.com/2009/05/13/wisdom-that-confucius-... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
