We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.
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Stockholm syndrome? One cannot say, in general, that there should be more
or less legislation: that is for governments to
decide. If the present volume of legislation is
causing problems at the various stages of the
legislative process – and all our evidence confirms
that this is so – the first requirement is not a
reduction in that volume, but improvements in the
process at those stages where it is under strain. The
kitchen should be big enough and properly equipped to
satisfy the legislative appetite.
– Making the Law, Hansard Society, 1993.
So much for separation of powers in the view of serious British parliamentarians.
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We are also a varied group made up of social individualists, classical liberals, whigs, libertarians, extropians, futurists, ‘Porcupines’, Karl Popper fetishists, recovering neo-conservatives, crazed Ayn Rand worshipers, over-caffeinated Virginia Postrel devotees, witty Frédéric Bastiat wannabes, cypherpunks, minarchists, kritarchists and wild-eyed anarcho-capitalists from Britain, North America, Australia and Europe.
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Why should we not presume that, like any other factor of production, legislation is subject to the Law of Diminishing Returns?
On the flip side, the only consumers who do not experience the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility are addicts. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that politicians who feel a need to maintain a constant or increasing number of laws passed are in fact “legislation addicts.”
Indeed! They need ever larger hits to get the same rush of legislative stupifaction.
Let me see if I’ve got this straight: I am now so immensely fat that I can’t fit into the kitchen nor properly digest what I’ve already eaten, and so the best remedy to my situation is not to control my appetites, but to remodel my kitchen in such a way that it allows me to shove even more food into my face. Is that about the size of it?