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These are questions that Olson attempts to answer in his Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development article. Many things are implied or assumed that the reader will understand, and it would be to a reader’s advantage to examine the document closely and read it twice. While reading, ask yourself: “What has to be true for this to be possible?”.

The article explains the difference between roving bandits and stationary bandits. Before there were stationary bandits (dictators, presidents) there were roving bandits that would pillage communities and take from them what they wanted. The roving bandits eventually had a revelation and understood that they could get more from communities if they resided over them continuously and looked out after their well being and protected them. This so called monopolization of force enabled the stationary bandit to extract more money from these communities because the people had an incentive to work. The citizens knew that the bandit would protect them from other bandits.

I urge any student of politics or anybody interested in what is responsible for our current state to inspect the document.

Here is a link to the PDF for your inspection:

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554(199309)87:3%3C567:DDAD%3E2.0.CO;2-H

I always assumed that an African American had created the phrase recently. I can see how someone who understands what it means may take insult by a white person using it in a certain way.

It does prompt me to inspect the roots of other African American vernaculars so that I can properly identify exactly what someone may be saying and understand what contexts may be off limits for me to use.

Here is a reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/off_the_chain

Everything is ok

Remember JFK, he tried to lead … tried to lead the way.

But, he was blown away … on a sunny day.

It’s a sad, sad story (2x)

Well I wonder, is she on the phone.

Well I wonder, is she all alone.

It’s a sad, sad story (2x)

It’s alright, it’s alright, everything is ok

Remember MLK, he tried to lead … he tried to lead the way.

But, he was blown away in the morning rain.

It’s a sad, sad story (2x)

Remember honest Abe, he tried to lead … he tried to lead the way.

But, he was blown away, while he was watching a play.

It’s a sad, sad story (2x)

It’s alright, it’s alright.

Everything is ok.

Our Sergeant-Major jumped from 40,000 feet (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

And the Lord said
Glory, glory what a hell of a way to die (3X)
When your balls hang lower than your paratrooper boots
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

He was the last to leave the plane, the first to hit the ground (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

He landed on the runway like a blob of strawberry jam (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

They scraped him off the runway with a little silver spoon (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

They put him in a matchbox and they sent him home to Mom (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

They put him on the mantelpiece for everyone to see (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

America’s most valuable asset is the creativity of it’s citizens. Americans sell ingenuity and innovation. The real question is how can we foster innovation and protect our icons?