'Rights' are what people talk of when they want something and have no other argument as to why they should get it. Simply saying 'I want it. Give it to me' is not enough, and to admit their own laziness and covetousness would be counter-productive. So they say 'We have a right to it' ~ and if they say that often and loud enough then people may believe it. And then, once enough people do accept it, then the battle is won. They have a right to something? Then no further discussion is possible. There is only the duty to hand the thing over. Not even a thank you is necessary. (Have you ever heard a 'thank you' after any Treaty 'settlement'?) Our rulers certainly seem to believe the claim of Maori rights ~ either that, or they are cynically selling us down the river for no more than brief naked political advantage. - Jeremy Bentham
Ineptocracy
ineptocracy(in-ep-toc-ra-cy) – A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers – (source - unknown)
