Take 5 minutes to read this. Then take the next hour to contemplate what is being said and whether you, too, are an enabler of totalitarianism. I think those of you on the Left are most in need to hear this, especially if you will be honest with yourselves as to what you advocate. But it is valuable advice for all of us. It’s funny how quickly the rise of the total state emerges. Just look at Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia as examples. Poof and there they were! When the totalitarian genie is out of the bottle it usually takes the loss of millions of lives to get him back in. The secret is to keep him in the bottle.
Why “Good” People Enable Totalitarians
"Forces are acting to paralyze the human spirit. We should deceive ourselves no longer. Without the consent and assistance of good people, totalitarians have no power. Governments, Mises warned, 'become liberal only when forced to by the citizens.'" ~ Barry Brownstein
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