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Posted by: schrodingerscat ( )
Date: January 11, 2021 07:47PM
"The kind of mob that the orator will desire is one more given to emotion t

"The kind of mob that the orator will desire is one more given to emotion than to reflection, one filled with fears and consequent hatreds, one impatient of slow and gradual methods, and at once exasperated and hopeful. The orator, if he is not a complete cynic, will acquire a set of beliefs that justify his activities. He will think that feeling is a better guide than reason, that our opinions should be formed with the blood rather than the brain, that the best elements in human life are collective rather than individual."
― Bertrand Russell, Power: A New Social Analysis (1938), Ch. II, Leaders and Followers, p. 36

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Posted by: elderolddog ( )
Date: January 11, 2021 09:53PM
Re: "The kind of mob that the orator will desire is one more given to emotion t

Okay, you win!!

Bring back the Tao...

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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: January 11, 2021 10:18PM
Re: "The kind of mob that the orator will desire is one more given to emotion t

ouch!

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