tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post4128517296786248069..comments2023-10-16T06:34:49.367-05:00Comments on Old Whig's Brain Dump: Étienne de La BoétieAlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-18106306029382820202010-05-05T19:38:39.484-05:002010-05-05T19:38:39.484-05:00Remember Stalin?
Those were the good old days!
P...Remember Stalin?<br /><br />Those were the good old days!<br /><br />People put up leaders because they are afraid to lead themselves. Why are they afraid?<br /><br />I'd love to be all mysterious and mystical and end on that note, but the answer is, they were taught to feel that way.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200768634540999752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5484799.post-6813479280239366782010-05-04T19:45:03.569-05:002010-05-04T19:45:03.569-05:00My immediate reaction on reading your quote was th...My immediate reaction on reading your quote was that he was talking about the "dramatic" tv news video of the tank toppling the statue of Saddam in Baghdad. Remember that? Almost perfect scripting if ever I saw it...<br /><br />The other interesting thing in the essay itself is that there seems little difference between present day "political unrest" and the attitudes of The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com