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21 " We praise a toddler for walking, because the toddler could not walk before. We clap relative to the child’s lack of ability in the past, but if we continue clapping, we strip the enthusiasm for achievement in the future. What originates as a form of motivation becomes a form of paralysis "
― Stefan Molyneux , Essential Philosophy: How to know what on earth is going on
22 " If a man is insane, has a brain disease, or is mentally retarded to the point that he does not have the capacity to know the immorality of his actions, then we may decide to confine him, not as a moral punishment, but rather just to keep everyone else safe. "
23 " If you do not explore and understand how you have been programmed, you are little more than a machine. You "
24 " Do you think you are free because you have the right to speak and to vote? "
25 " Governments “protect” people in the way that farmers protect their livestock – in order to ensure maximum continued exploitation. "