The best paragraph I read yesterday

Apart from the part from War and Peace I read on the plane, here is tops:

Above all, a classical liberal needs to identify, expose, and counter
the marketing strategies and tactics that are used to expand
government. Both political parties play up fears in order to sucker us
into ceding money and power. Just as certain citizens’ groups are known
for exposing the false advertising of corporations, we need to expose
the false advertising of politicians.

That is Arnold Kling, here is the full argument.