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April 24, 2016
The great majority do not care much for civic freedom, and never did.
They want to be taken care of; they want someone looking out for them;they want to feel part of something; they would like to avoid hard work and intelligent thinking. All these are legitimate desires, in their proper contexts. But a man with the rat cunning of, say, a Trump, or an Obama, knows how to exploit these desires, with sparkledust dreams and empty promises. Those who care little for freedom they enslave. -- Essays in Idleness
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 24, 2016 6:27 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.