Pharaohs and emperors and kings were not, as a rule, utterly bug-f*** insane.
Dictatorship this crazy can’t last for long after seizing power. But that doesn’t mean it will be overthrown by freedom-lovers, either. Just people unwilling to die of thirst.
World's Only Rational Man 
I will sum this up with my new catchphrase:
What The Monkey Fuck!
Have we topped your puny European leftist insanity? I just bet we’ve topped your puny leftist European insanity.
U.S.A! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
You’re getting there. I think the EU regulation for selling cabbages (or some other veggies) is around 26,000 words.
My snap reaction is, regulations should almost never weigh more than the product. At least in the analog world.
It wasn’t the water that the Inspector wanted to preserve the neighborhood from, it was the toxic Christian doctrine, of course. And I say that as an agnostic.
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