That is the problem with age and wisdomโit merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.
Bill BonnerBoth the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.
Bill BonnerThe US is headed for ruin and revolution. The revolution will almost certainly be put down, violently. But the ruin cannot be stopped.
Bill BonnerRemember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized forceโฆmilitary and police power put to the service of the insiders who control it. Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are โchecks and balances,โ built into the constitution, for example. And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.
Bill Bonner