It’s as if authoritarianism has some seductive power that makes it nearly impossible to resist.
Common impulses in the human breast underlie all the “isms” and their continuous reemergence and recycling…plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
Liberty, personal responsibility, freedom and individual choice are the hard route, the most demanding and the most difficult to sustain.
“Eternal vigilance is the safeguard of liberty.”
It’s difficult to maintain the level of vigilance required to sustain these principles. Especially in these lazy, self- indulgent times we live in in “the west” and under constant fire from those who would assault them in the name of their version of “the good of the people”.
A William F. Buckley observation on the current version of the impulse to collectivism, the impulse to embrace authoritarianism.
“Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.”
