Like Prince Von Bismarck In Diplomacy, I

If The Modern Spirit, Whatever That May Be, Is Disinclined Towards Taking The Lord's Word At Its Face Value (as I Hear Is The Case), We May Observe That Isaiah's Testimony To The Character Of The Masses Has Strong Collateral Support From Respectable Gentile Authority. Plato Lived Into The Administration Of Eubulus, When Athens Was At The Peak Of Its Jazz-and-paper Era, And He Speaks Of The Athenian Masses With All Isaiah's Fervency, Even Comparing Them To A Herd Of Ravenous Wild Beasts.

I Have Often Wondered Why The Sounds Of The Beating Drums Do Not Make The Marching Soldiers Shoot Their Officers And Go Home.

As Might Be Supposed, My Parents Were Quite Poor, But We Somehow Never Seemed To Lack Anything We Needed, And I Never Saw A Trace Of Discontent Or A Failure In Cheerfulness Over Their Lot In Life, As Indeed Over Anything.

The Idea That The State Originated To Serve Any Kind Of Social Purpose Is Completely Unhistorical. It Originated In Conquest And Confiscation - That Is To Say, In Crime. It Originated For The Purpose Of Maintaining The Division Of Society Into An Owning-and-exploiting Class And A Propertyless Dependent Class - That Is, For A Criminal Purpose.

Considering Mankind's Indifference To Freedom, Their Easy Gullibility And Their Facile Response To Conditioning, One Might Very Plausibly Argue That Collectivism Is The Political Mode Best Suited To Their Disposition And Their Capacities. Under Its Regime, The Citizen, Like The Soldier, Is Relieved Of The Burden Of Initiative And Is Divested Of All Responsibility, Save For Doing As He Is Told.