because they would like to be an aristocracy positioned to dictate the ends they feel best for the world rather than what the world itself would choose.
they style themselves the best and brightest and assume the rest need them to lead lest we all succumb to our own shortsighted stupidity.
they think we must plan form the top down and ther…
because they would like to be an aristocracy positioned to dictate the ends they feel best for the world rather than what the world itself would choose.
they style themselves the best and brightest and assume the rest need them to lead lest we all succumb to our own shortsighted stupidity.
they think we must plan form the top down and therefore oppose the idea of rights.
they actually believe themselves to be moral, the good guys, plato's benign dictators.
I think you give them too much credit for being rational and thinking things through. As JBP has said, maybe Hitler's goal wasn't to conquer Europe at all, but to burn it all to the ground. Maybe (unconsciously) these guys also just want to see it all burn. To add some adventure to their small, pathetic lives, even if it kills them. We all have a shadow side.
because they would like to be an aristocracy positioned to dictate the ends they feel best for the world rather than what the world itself would choose.
they style themselves the best and brightest and assume the rest need them to lead lest we all succumb to our own shortsighted stupidity.
they think we must plan form the top down and therefore oppose the idea of rights.
they actually believe themselves to be moral, the good guys, plato's benign dictators.
and they will burn the world to save it.
I think you give them too much credit for being rational and thinking things through. As JBP has said, maybe Hitler's goal wasn't to conquer Europe at all, but to burn it all to the ground. Maybe (unconsciously) these guys also just want to see it all burn. To add some adventure to their small, pathetic lives, even if it kills them. We all have a shadow side.
{...To add some adventure to their small, pathetic lives, even if it kills them...}
BINGO !!!
If life gets boring, risk it !!!
Wing-suits come to mind .....
Why don't you call a spade a spade ??? ... 🤔🤔🤔
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