tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post5233434201083785005..comments2024-02-14T03:56:12.027-08:00Comments on La Salette Journey: On the verge of totalitarianism...Paul Anthony Melansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-39352305121438668762009-08-05T19:17:57.169-07:002009-08-05T19:17:57.169-07:00Let me pass along a link to THE POLITICS OF OBEDIE...Let me pass along a link to THE POLITICS OF OBEDIENCE: THE DISCOURSE OF VOLUNTARY SERVITUDE<br />by the way the introduction by <br />MURRAY N. ROTHBARD is excellent.<br /><br />http://mises.org/rothbard/boetie.pdf<br /><br />DaleDalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05766146310258847899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-79715716042062626492009-08-05T16:32:59.874-07:002009-08-05T16:32:59.874-07:00There is much truth to that. Sadly, so many today...There is much truth to that. Sadly, so many today are asleep while precious freedoms are being undermined.Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-23145491017187873672009-08-05T15:42:02.403-07:002009-08-05T15:42:02.403-07:00I am reminded of the words of French Political Phi...I am reminded of the words of French Political Philosopher Étienne de La Boétie who, in 1533 said it best;<br />"The only power tyrants have is the power relinquished to them by their victims."Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05766146310258847899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-23480117236335361922009-07-04T09:54:23.314-07:002009-07-04T09:54:23.314-07:00Many people are too steeped in apathy to even care...Many people are too steeped in apathy to even care. Glutted on food and entertainment, they have abandoned their political duties. It was the same with the Romans:<br /><br />"Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses" - iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli uendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses."<br /><br />(Juvenal, Satire 10.77–81)John Ansleynoreply@blogger.com