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“The GOP now faced the same “conservative dilemma” that has confronted conservative parties throughout history: How does a party of economic elites appeal to a broader electorate while preserving its main constituencies’ interests, power, and way of life?”
― Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
― Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
“A society of free people will always have crime, violence and social disruption. It will never be completely safe. The alternative is a police state. A police state can give you safe streets, but only at the price of your human spirit.”
― Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story
― Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story
“There’s our nation with its cult of meritocracy that judges your worth by your IQ and your number of degrees. A nation that spews bilge about equal economic potential while, as of 2021, the top 1 percent has 32 percent of the wealth, and the bottom half less than 3 percent, where you can find an advice column headlined “It’s Not Your Fault if You Are Born Poor, but It’s Your Fault if You Die Poor,” which goes on to say that if that was your lamentable outcome, “I’ll say you’re a wasted sperm.”[18”
― Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
― Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
“Beware of identity politics. I'll rephrase that: have nothing to do with identity politics.”
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
― Letters to a Young Contrarian
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