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The Politics of Despair: An Interview with John Derbyshire

September 20, 2009 - 12:00 am - by Bernard Chapin
Jack Jolis
2009-09-20 09:05:23

As long as the ignoble name of J-J Rousseau is being bandied about, here’s another apt quote, this one from J-JR in 1778, as he was approaching death:

“I think I know man, but as for men, I know them not.” – JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

It rather nicely illustrates the law that posits: The Left loves “humanity”, but doesn’t actually like, or have much time for, individual human beings.