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The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption — and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good general rule is that the more a government wants to run its citizens’ lives, the worse job it will do at the most basic tasks of government.

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Glenn Reynolds
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 27
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