Thread: George H.W. Bush dead at 94

Originally Posted by hick

Niiice! I was almost sure you'd found it

Oh I was looking...no joy @ High Times though.

quote from that^^

“What I wish to point out … is how deep-seated the fear of passing judgment, of naming names, and of fixing blame – especially, alas, upon people in power and high position, dead or alive …”
– Hannah Arendt, “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship”, 1964 (4)

another:

However, this evidence is hidden away in relatively obscure books and websites. The mainstream media – and popular websites like Vice.com – shy away from that sort of thing – that old “fear of passing judgment” thing that Hannah Arendt was talking about. Plus nobody wants to be called a conspiracy theorist – you stop getting invited to all sorts of parties and denied memberships in all sorts of groups after getting that label. It’s amazing to me how human beings are so easily domesticated into a form of livestock – persuaded to avoid looking into the actual history of their rulers – with just a bit of name-calling.