George Fitzhugh argued that "free society is theoretically impracticable," because "the unrestricted exploitation of so-called free society is more oppressive to the laborer than domestic slavery." He contended that the liberal ideals of self-ownership and choice devolved into a harmful state of freedom, a "war of the rich with the poor and the poor with one another." In contrast, he posited that "slavery protects the infants, the aged and the sick," creating a system where the master, having a vested interest, provides care and security, ensuring "a consciousness of security... and the absence of all corroding cares and anxieties" for the enslaved. This state was natural, as "man is born a member of society, he was born its slave, and had no rights to cede." By championing Laissez-faire, the north dismantled societal structures that encouraged true personal growth and communal well-being, while the south, by acknowledging and structuring this interdependence, offered a more humane and ordered existence.

Which one of you lives here?

George Fitzhugh argued free society oppresses laborers more than slavery, which protects the vulnerable, ensures security, and fosters order, unlike the North's harmful laissez-faire system.

Can't wait for the long version of this

finally got the hotdog paid off

They think we are so weak as to be deterred by music? Hold your ground, Poorcels.

Almost half of you guys are lying and saying you have above average intelligence. Sad.

They've taken the bait. I repeat. They've taken the bait. Send in the hornets.

In the UP, I'm considered too paranoid because if I go into the gas station, I don't leave the car running and instead turn it off and take my keys with me. This year, I'm breaking that habit.

Dear Sir, — I have received the favor of your letter of August 17th, and with it the volume you were so kind as to send me on the "Literature of Negroes." Be assured that no person living wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a complete refutation of the doubts I have myself entertained and expressed on the grade of understanding allotted to them by nature, and to find that in this respect they are on a par with ourselves. My doubts were the result of personal observation on the limited sphere of my own State, where the opportunities for the development of their genius were not favorable, and those of exercising it still less so. I expressed them therefore with great hesitation; but whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he was not therefore lord of the person or property of others. On this subject they are gaining daily in the opinions of nations, and hopeful advances are making towards their re—establishment on an equal footing with the other colors of the human family. I pray you therefore to accept my thanks for the many instances you have enabled me to observe of respectable intelligence in that race of men, which cannot fail to have effect in hastening the day of their relief; and to be assured of the sentiments of high and just esteem and consideration which I tender to yourself with all sincerity.

—Thomas Jefferson

Let us pray for Joe Biden's recovery

And people say they don't teach useful skills in high school anymore...

In the Poor regime, all keyboards are like this.