[Corpora-List] Hacked email accounts

[John F. Sowa]

On 9/1/2011 5:44 PM, Albretch Mueller wrote:
> Something that I find amazing (and to some extent even amusing) is
> how under even so-called "free" societies some bureaucracies
> (politicians, royalty, governments, ...) ...

I'll hereby coin a new "razor":

    "Never attribute more incompetence to bureaucracies
    than to the average voter."

And its converse:

    "Never attribute more wisdom to the average voter
    than to the average bureaucrat."

These are corollaries of the principles enunciated by P. T. Barnum

    "Nobody ever lost money by underestimating
    the intelligence of the American people."

and by General William Tecumseh Sherman

    "Vox populi, vox humbug."

John


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