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The North Face
The Black Knight Always Triumphs!
Monty Python
The market system delivers the goods people want,
but those who make it work cannot readily explain why it is so.
The socialst or communist system does not deliver the goods,
but those who operate it can readily explain away its failure.
F.A. Hayek, Law, Legislation and Liberty, Vol. II
Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence
Sun-tzu, The Art of War
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man.
Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded - here and there, now and then -
are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised,
often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people.
Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens)
is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as 'bad luck.'
Robert Heinlein