No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who crit…

Thomas Sowell
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No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: 'But what would you replace it with?' When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with? ✨ Thomas Sowell (1993). Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays, Hoover Inst Press
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