the conceit of the clever is always that the world could be made better and the lives of the grubby commoners improved if they were just made to "do the right things" for "their own good."
it's as easy as it is seductive to presume that because i am smart and they are dumb that they would be better off if i just made their choices for the…
the conceit of the clever is always that the world could be made better and the lives of the grubby commoners improved if they were just made to "do the right things" for "their own good."
it's as easy as it is seductive to presume that because i am smart and they are dumb that they would be better off if i just made their choices for them.
the intellectuals have always been fascists and theocrats. they have just moved from deistic religion to a secular one that mistakes its cherished dogmas for reason and science. (note that this was the belief of 1930's fascism and soviet communism as well).
there is no more energetic and obnoxious tyrant than one whose central tenet is "me smart, you dumb, so do what i say and thank me for it."
that cycle of self-congratulatory oppression runs out of control faster than just about any other form of human interaction.
the conceit of the clever is always that the world could be made better and the lives of the grubby commoners improved if they were just made to "do the right things" for "their own good."
it's as easy as it is seductive to presume that because i am smart and they are dumb that they would be better off if i just made their choices for them.
the intellectuals have always been fascists and theocrats. they have just moved from deistic religion to a secular one that mistakes its cherished dogmas for reason and science. (note that this was the belief of 1930's fascism and soviet communism as well).
there is no more energetic and obnoxious tyrant than one whose central tenet is "me smart, you dumb, so do what i say and thank me for it."
that cycle of self-congratulatory oppression runs out of control faster than just about any other form of human interaction.