The Shaffer Dictionary

I try to keep track of my own and others’ definitions of the most critical words used in discussing political philosophy. Here’s something Butler Shaffer wrote when I was only 3 years old:

The following definitions comprise a part of my view of reality, in all its humorous — and often frustrating — manner.

GOVERNMENT

an institution of war, theft, murder, rape and predation, . . . the absence of which, it is said, would lead to disorder.

TAXATION

a practice employed by governments in looting all of its citizens in order to obtain the necessary funds to chase down and punish looters.

WAR

the price men are forced to pay in order to keep peace among the politicians.

Shaffer’s more recent writings are here.