Ademption

“The collapse of the politics of inevitability ushers in another experience of time: the politics of eternity. Whereas inevitability promises a better future for everyone, eternity places one nation at the center of a cyclical story of victimhood. Time is no longer a line into the future, but a circle that endlessly returns the same threats from the past. Within inevitability, no one is responsible because we all know that the details will sort themselves out for the better; within eternity, no one is responsible because we all know that the enemy is coming no matter what we do. Eternity politicians spread the conviction that government cannot aid society as a whole, but can only guard against threats. Progress gives way to doom.”
― Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

“Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.”
― James Randi

“People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.     142”
― Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition

“They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually their innermost desire is for an end to the “free for all.” They want to eliminate free competition and the ruthless testing to which the individual is continually subjected in a free society. 29”
― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements