Comments on: Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift http://blog.zenmervolt.com/2009/06/28/soft-despotism-democracys-drift/ Just another town along the road. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Meleagris gallopavo http://blog.zenmervolt.com/2009/06/28/soft-despotism-democracys-drift/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Meleagris gallopavo Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:29:43 +0000 http://blog.zenmervolt.com/?p=440#comment-396 <i>The sovereign extends its arms about the society as a whole; it covers its surface with a network of petty regulations—complicated, minute, and uniform—through which even the most original minds and the most vigorous souls know not how to make their way… it does not break wills; it softens them, bends them, and directs them; rarely does it force one to act, but it constantly opposes itself to one’s acting on one’s own … it does not tyrannize, it gets in the way: it curtails, it enervates, it extinguishes, it stupefies, and finally reduces each nation to being nothing more than a herd of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.</i> ^This sounds an awful lot like the GOP. Concerning Bethea : wow, what a huge problem she is. As the inventor of Political Theater, and Lobbying, she must not be allowed to continue corresponding with the federal government! /sarcasm The sovereign extends its arms about the society as a whole; it covers its surface with a network of petty regulations—complicated, minute, and uniform—through which even the most original minds and the most vigorous souls know not how to make their way… it does not break wills; it softens them, bends them, and directs them; rarely does it force one to act, but it constantly opposes itself to one’s acting on one’s own … it does not tyrannize, it gets in the way: it curtails, it enervates, it extinguishes, it stupefies, and finally reduces each nation to being nothing more than a herd of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.

^This sounds an awful lot like the GOP.

Concerning Bethea : wow, what a huge problem she is. As the inventor of Political Theater, and Lobbying, she must not be allowed to continue corresponding with the federal government! /sarcasm

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