"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Peter Sloterdijk On The Predatory German Welfare State
"It is hard to imagine a scenario in which Continental Europe takes the lead in a meaningful debate about the welfare state. Then again, few people would have imagined a future for the United States as is unfolding today."
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