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"A little imagination shows two different
worlds that we can leave to our children. In one of these worlds, people fear
everything and the shadow of everything, except the state which, for their own
good, imprisons them in the 'administrative tyranny' that Tocqueville had foreseen.
This world is calm and cool, but dull, savorless, smokeless, and odorless. Product
packaging has been standardized, and authority has posted warnings and 'forbidden'
signs everywhere. Politically correct newspeak has substituted sexual harassment
for flirtation, alcoholism for enjoying wine, nicotine delivery devices for
cigarettes, and risk for pleasure.
The second world stands at the opposite pole, with its colorful diversity, liberty and responsibility. Every individual lives his life as he sees fit, assuming the risks of his joys and the anguish of his death. Instead of devices delivering nicotine, caffeine or ethanol to human resources glued to their social functions, it features individuals who smoke, sip black coffee, and drink Bordeaux wine.
There is a common denominator between these two worlds: the mortality rate is 100% in both. But the men who live and die are not the same: in the first case, they are slaves; in the second, free individuals."
Pierre Lemieux 