Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident, and mild. It would be like the authority of a parent, if, like that authority, its object was to prepare men for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood: It is well content that the people should rejoice, provided they think of nothing but rejoicing.
May 28, 2020 Disingenuous Sympathy
My article yesterday, “The Power of Military Indoctrination,” generated two different responses, not on the main thrust of the article but rather on the issue of sympathy. My article, for those who haven’t read it, detailed the grief that a young woman, Kelsey Baker, is suffering over the loss of her boyfriend, Diego Pongo, who was recently killed ...
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