“The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.”
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In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.
Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.
The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email!
