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It is the illusion of popular state that Nietzsche tears down in his Zarathustra when he says of the "New Man": "State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it tells lies too; and this lie crawls out of its mouth: 'I, the state, am the people."
— Jun 30, 2023 07:02AM
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Rousseau demonstrates just how important freedom is to his political system when he decries the parliamentary principle in England: “The People of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken, it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing.”
— Jun 29, 2023 01:12PM
