Saturday, April 16, 2016

Abstain From Beans

http://www.anarchism.net/anarchism_abstainfrombeans.htm

In ancient Athens, those who admired the Stoic philosophy of individualism took as their motto: “Abstain from Beans.” The phrase had a precise reference. It meant: don't vote. Balloting in Athens occurred by dropping various colored beans into a receptacle.

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