"What the political left, even in democratic countries, share is the notion that knowledgeable and virtuous people like themselves have both a right and a duty to use the power of government to impose their superior knowledge and virtue on others. ~ Thomas Sowell"
Obviously the right and duty extends to schoolbooks for children.
Where have we heard the phrases 'Might Makes Right' or 'The End Justifies The Means' before? Oh yes, pressed into service by totalitarian regimes.
DJ - it's as if the end they seek is to prise people away from objectivity. Forcing people to accept and believe nonsense would then be the Means by which this End is achieved.
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"What the political left, even in democratic countries, share is the notion that knowledgeable and virtuous people like themselves have both a right and a duty to use the power of government to impose their superior knowledge and virtue on others.
~ Thomas Sowell"
Obviously the right and duty extends to schoolbooks for children.
Where have we heard the phrases 'Might Makes Right' or 'The End Justifies The Means' before? Oh yes, pressed into service by totalitarian regimes.
DJ - it's as if the end they seek is to prise people away from objectivity. Forcing people to accept and believe nonsense would then be the Means by which this End is achieved.
How very 17th century.
Tammly - or just historical - for now.
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