Humans allow themselves to become enslaved by buying into irrational statist ideas, superstitions, lies, concepts, terms (words), definitions, and arguments.. ~ Frederick Mann ~ Comment on the above quote: This is the observation that is the basis for a legitimate argument about legitimacy When people persist in basing arguments for a "civilized" state in the imaginary, while they persist in gaping at reality itself as too monstrous to be contemplated Is it any wonder that the streets of "civilizations" never fail to run red with blood? ~ Ernest Hancock ~ Source.. The Legitimacy Of Government http://www.mind-trek.com/articles/t14a.htm