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“A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.”
― Ends and Means
― Ends and Means
“An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.”
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“I gathered all my eggs in one basket, because I believe in collectivism, and I wanted a tyrannical omelet.”
― 99 Cents For Some Nonsense
― 99 Cents For Some Nonsense
“All the animals, the plants, the minerals, even other kinds of men, are being broken and reassembled every day, to preserve an elite few, who are the loudest to theorize on freedom, but the least free of all.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
― Gravity’s Rainbow
“The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt. People talk about the impatience of the populace; but sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late. it is often essential to resist a tyranny before it exists.”
― Eugenics and Other Evils : An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State
― Eugenics and Other Evils : An Argument Against the Scientifically Organized State
Shannon’s 2024 Year in Books
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