On 2021-01-11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Dude, it's all in your fucking *minds* - socialism, communism, fascism,
> sexism, racism, feminism....these aren't *real* - they are very
> approximate and very ill defined labels for patterns that may or may not
> have any meaning whatsoever. And whose chief *use* seems to be to stir
> up social conflict...
Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist,
fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic
criteria. The human race divides politically into those who
want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the
greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly
curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they
are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.
-- Robert A. Heinlein: The Notebooks of Lazarus Long
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