tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834133093226640255.post2619482419143628503..comments2024-01-20T10:50:57.236-08:00Comments on there could be snakes in here: Economic Satirestechnicalitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01695260271886267461noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1834133093226640255.post-48479330345826846742012-09-01T13:12:48.245-07:002012-09-01T13:12:48.245-07:00You left out Bernard de Mandeville's 'Fabl...You left out Bernard de Mandeville's 'Fable of the Bees', bad = good:<br /><br />Thus every Part was full of Vice, <br />Yet the whole Mass a Paradice;<br />Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd in Wars<br />They were th'Esteem of Foreigners,<br />And lavish of their Wealth and Lives,<br />The Ballance of all other Hives. <br />Such were the Blessings of that State;<br />Their Crimes conspired to make 'em Great;<br />And Virtue, who from Politicks<br />Had learn'd a Thousand cunning Tricks,<br />Was, by their happy Influence, <br />Made Friends with Vice: And ever since<br />The worst of all the Multitude<br />Did something for the common Good. Steve From Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04002636865996847926noreply@blogger.com