Il Duce Redux
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“The fascist conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts individuals only insofar as their interests coincide with those of the State. Fascism is opposed to classical liberalism that denies the State in the name of the individual … The maxim that society exists only for the well-being and freedom of the individuals composing it does not seem to conform with nature’s plans. If classical liberalism spells individualism, then fascism spells government.”
— Benito Mussolini, Fascism: Doctrine & Institutions, 1935
“Part of my job as president I think is to make government cool again.”
“It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.”
— Barack Obama
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If you have polite and articulate comments, please provide them. Rants and flames are discarded.
It seems that human nature, being what it is, has inevitably led us to the present state, this is what evolution has brought us to – are we evolved enough to see a better way? Criticism seems pointless if it’s not accompanied by a glimpse of how things should or could be.
‘Like what you like, enjoy what you enjoy,
don’t be afraid to make slurping sounds,
and don’t take crap from anybody’
- Robert Anton Wilson