A favorite motto of Samuel Beckett was "Ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis," or, "where you are worth nothing, there you must want nothing." The quote seems to come originally from Arnold Geulincx, a 17th century Flemish philosopher.
Democracy gives the ordinary citizen the illusion that his vote gives him some influence upon the state. This illusion, like the illusion that the lottery is a path to wealth, will only confuse those who are bad at calculating probabilities.
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