“Civility was not something you attained at a certain stage in history, and then relaxed into”; rather, “civility requires working on yourself, not just leaving things as they are, but making them over. It involves a struggle to reshape ourselves” (pp. 100, 101). This required disciplines, and such disciplined citizens would also be contributors to the common good (especially in terms of productivity). This really translated into a program of self-discipline (p. 111), an internalization of discipline, while also contributing to the development of the “police state” — statecraft as discipline
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