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"Liberal democracy is as brief as a bubble. Now and then history treats us to an interval of freedom and civilization and we make much of it.
We forget... that as a species we are generally close to the "state of nature," as Thomas Hobbes described it—a nasty, brutish, pitiless condition in which men are too fearful of death to give much thought to freedom."
— Jan 09, 2026 02:19PM
We forget... that as a species we are generally close to the "state of nature," as Thomas Hobbes described it—a nasty, brutish, pitiless condition in which men are too fearful of death to give much thought to freedom."
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"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
— May 29, 2026 08:36AM