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As a child I often read Aesop's fables. While reading Hosper's "The Libertarian Manifesto" there was a part that reminded me of the fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper." The part I am referring to is the last paragraph on page 26. I will post links to both the manifesto and the fable. What do you guys think? I don't know much about the origins of Aesop's Fables, there probably is no connection between it and libertarianism, but I still found it interesting.

Manifesto

Fable

Update

So the version of the fable I posted above was retold and the ending is slightly different from the original. The original really just sounds like a cautionary tale, however the version above really does go along with the manifesto.