“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
-Robert A. Heinlein
You’ve definitely seen a Jacques-Louis David painting before, even if you don’t know his name.
He painted some of the most iconic images in art history. The first image is his self-portrait.
Milton Friedman 🗣️
“When the law prohibits things that most people regard as moral and proper, they’re going to break the law.”
“When people start breaking one set of laws, there’s a strong tendency for the lack of respect for the law to extend to all, even those which everyone regards as moral and proper—laws against violence, theft, vandalism.”