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Wolf J Flywheel's avatar

This was H.L. Mencken's description of the intent of government a hundred years ago:

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary"

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Satan's Doorknob's avatar

Mencken is wonderful (and free! All his stuff is public domain.) He would probably not be amused with what's become of his native Baltimore. 😐

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