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The March of Folly

December 20, 2008 - 2:35 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Alexis
2008-12-20 16:36:06

The nanny state not only undermines incentives to procreate large families, but it also undermines incentives to join fraternal organizations, particularly secret societies.

The Masons, the Oddfellows, et cetera declined partly because of a certain Ponzi scheme called Social Security. One of the reasons why men had joined fraternal orders was because members swore to take care of the wife and children of any member who had died.