Nothing could be more dangerous (in terms of being led to war) than worship of the elite. In Japan, at that time, it was worship of the Emperor and his warlords. Now it is almost the same again, all over the world: worship of the powerful, and the fight to be powerful (sometimes with the backing of entire news organizations, telling the multitudes what to think). The powerful, then and now, use the power for themselves without regard for others. Today, if the people do not question, if they go along with the flow and are led to their doom, it will be as much their fault as the [fault of the]
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