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August 10, 2016
In a real revolution, the best characters do not come to the front.
Afterwards come the turn of all the pretentious intellectual failures of the time. Such are the chiefs and the leaders. You will notice that I have left out the mere rogues. The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane and devoted natures, the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement, but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims: the victims of disgust, disenchantment–often of remorse. Hopes grotesquely betrayed, ideals caricatured–that is the definition of revolutionary success. There have been in every revolution hearts broken by such successes. — Joseph Conrad Via Western Rifle Shooters Association
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 10, 2016 9:05 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Whinos forget 1776. Improbable and gloriously real, bent and dented, and unrelenting.Time to straighten the spine.
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at August 10, 2016 7:42 PM
When the Revolution is nearly over and you have won the day, the next thing you have to do is shoot the professionals that will rush in to take control: The Lawyers, the Captains of Industry and the Bible thumping Puritans, the Smashers of stills and burners of whorehouses. All are looking for a job on your dime and want to tell you how much you will pay to keep them in office.
The first one that mentions the idea of Federalism gets hanged as an example for others with evil thoughts.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at August 11, 2016 9:44 AM