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Run the state with routines

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run
the state
with
routines
everyone
can predict
wage
war
by
making
surprise
moves
win
the world
by

leaving
it
alone
the more
taboos,
the poorer
the people
the more
wits
the darker
the chaos
the more
clever
the artisans,
the worse
the inventions
the more
precise
the laws,
the more
thieves
I do
nothing
and the people
transform
themselves
I hold
to stillness,
and people
line
themselves up
I don't
organize--
and people
get
rich
naturally.
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