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The Moratorium on Brains
NorhaveIeverrobbedamilitaryvessel—becausethepurposeofamilitaryfleetistoprotectfromviolencethecitizenswhopaidforit,whichistheproperfunctionofagovernment.ButIhaveseizedeverylootcarrierthatcamewithinrangeofmyguns,everygovernmentreliefship,subsidyship,loanship,giftship,everyvesselwithacargoofgoodstakenbyforcefromsomemenfortheunpaid,unearnedbenefitofothers.IseizedtheboatsthatsailedundertheflagoftheideawhichIamfighting:theideathatneedisasacredidolrequiringhumansacrifices—thattheneedofsomemenistheknifeofaguillotinehangingoverothers—thatallofusmustlivewithourwork,ourhopes,ourplans,oureffortsatthemercyofthemomentwhenthatknifewilldescenduponus—andthattheextentofourabilityistheextentofourdanger,sothatsuccesswillbringourheadsdownontheblock,whilefailurewillgiveustherighttopullthecord.ThisisthehorrorwhichRobinHoodimmortalizedasanidealofrighteousness.Itissaidthathefoughtagainstthelootingrulersandreturnedtheloottothosewhohadbeenrobbed,butthatisnotthemeaningofthelegendwhichhassurvived.Heisremembered,notasachampionofproperty,butasachampionofneed,notasadefenderoftherobbed,butasaproviderofthepoor.Heisheldtobethefirstmanwhoassumedahaloofvirtuebypracticingcharitywithwealthwhichhedidnotown,bygivingawaygoodswhichhehadnotproduced,bymakingotherspayfortheluxuryofhispity.
