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Anti Anarchism

Sep 8, 2015
I don't believe that freedom is
To do what e'er you will.
I do not think it was designed
To selfish whims fulfill.
I don't feel errant actions a
Society maintains;
Reject that prudent law, in fact,
My liberty restrains.
Some thousand years of humankind
Existing on this world,
Have spawned a lot of sovereignties
Whose banners they’ve unfurled.
And every one was guided by
A form of civic code.
For under this agreement they
In harmony abode.
But when they tired of it, and
Found out it was a chore;
They picked up all their armies and
Then marched again to war.
We struggle to be bound by laws
That other men did write;
But far less detrimental than
A rifle take to fight.
I don't condone that blindly we
Corruption should support;
Attempt to overpower us
As honesty purport.
I just know that civ'lization
Could justify its name,
If everyone on rules agreed
And faithful played the game.
— Thayne Whipple

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