When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion
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when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing
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when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors
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when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you
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when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice
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you may know that your society is doomed.
Ayn Rand
(waiting patiently for someone to attack the messenger)