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Every time you see someone mentioning words about "democracy", "democratic vote", "democratic system" etc you should remember this quote:
Since outright slavery has been discredited, democracy is the only remaining rationale for state compulsion that most people will accept. Democracy has proven only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves.
- Joseph Sobran - "The Myth of Limited Government"
71 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 5h
people have been duped into believing that the only form of slavery is thru shackles and bars; the more insidious form of slavery is free-range employment, like chickens on a farm (digital nomad-freelancers with a special IRS form); the deception is accomplished by propagating the message that if centralized mega-governments are dissolved, there shall be chaos in the streets; imagination is dead - people cannot imagine a free world without a ruling class;
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