“Totalitarian movements cannot survive without an enemy because a movement at rest can be examined and a movement that can be examined can be falsified.”–Hannah Arendt
Not to say the US is totalitarian, but the US ruling class since FDR has always managed to find an enemy we need to fight…and has started 80% of all the Earth’s wars after WWII. And during the Faucian dystopia, we did get close to totalitarian.
My tangential version of Arendt: The aim of the ambitious politician is ever to render the people alarmed and afraid, with only his solution to lead them to safety.
With regard to Arendt’s quote, J. Sobran, the leftist totalitarians in the USA have been exempt from examination because of the fecklessness of GOP public officials.
These NGOs have got a play book that is centuries old. The indictment of the SPLC is just the first step in exposing the evil scam.
The affectation of false virtue is a common tactic they use in order to acquire power, Fred. We saw it right here in Greensboro.
“Totalitarian movements cannot survive without an enemy because a movement at rest can be examined and a movement that can be examined can be falsified.”–Hannah Arendt
Not to say the US is totalitarian, but the US ruling class since FDR has always managed to find an enemy we need to fight…and has started 80% of all the Earth’s wars after WWII. And during the Faucian dystopia, we did get close to totalitarian.
My tangential version of Arendt: The aim of the ambitious politician is ever to render the people alarmed and afraid, with only his solution to lead them to safety.
With regard to Arendt’s quote, J. Sobran, the leftist totalitarians in the USA have been exempt from examination because of the fecklessness of GOP public officials.
But otherwise, I agree with your comments.