The sovereign, after taking individuals one by one in his powerful hands and kneading them to his liking, reaches out to embrace society as a whole. Over it he spreads a fine mesh of uniform, minute, and complex rules, through which not even the most original minds and most vigorous souls can poke their heads above the crowd. He does not break men's wills but softens, bends, and guides them. He seldom forces anyone to act but consistently opposes action. He does not destroy things but prevents them from coming into being. Rather than tyrannize, he inhibits, represses, saps, stifles, and stultifies, and in the end he reduces each nation to nothing but a flock of timid and industrious animals, with the government as its shepherd.
October 30, 2019 In Search of Baghdadi to Destroy
In celebrating the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, U.S. interventionists are emphasizing how vicious and brutal the man was and, therefore, that the world is better off that he is now dead. How vicious and brutal? Well, let’s do some comparison asking. Was he more vicious and ...
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by John W. Whitehead
We’re living in two worlds, you and I. There’s the world we see (or are made to see) and then there’s the one we sense ...
The Pathocracy of the Deep State
by John W. Whitehead
Twenty years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?”...
Collectivist Revivalism and the New Attack on Liberty
by Richard M. Ebeling
America and some other parts of the world are facing a “revivalist” movement, but rather than being a religious revival, it is an ideological ...
