"The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax."
ERIC HOFFER The Passionate State of Mind 1955
(Hoffer may just be the best analyzer and dissector of mass movements and the psychology of those who join them.)
Indeed. My lefty Government teacher didn't like him but he did put me on the debate team so there's that. I just ordered some nice vintage copies of Hoffer books from EBay.
HS was an amazing time in terms of reading. Huxley's "Doors of Perception" stuck with, also Sartre, Camus, Genet the Perv and Hesse. To provide a counter WFB's "Up From Liberalism".
Excellent.
I am looking for a copy of The True Believer for my next read.
And I may quote you with one of the most painfully hilarious lines ever, "Social media, reality TV’s Ritalin-addled problem child,". Brilliant.
"The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax."
ERIC HOFFER The Passionate State of Mind 1955
(Hoffer may just be the best analyzer and dissector of mass movements and the psychology of those who join them.)
There's a lot of talk here about women, without defining what one is. :)
Indeed. My lefty Government teacher didn't like him but he did put me on the debate team so there's that. I just ordered some nice vintage copies of Hoffer books from EBay.
HS was an amazing time in terms of reading. Huxley's "Doors of Perception" stuck with, also Sartre, Camus, Genet the Perv and Hesse. To provide a counter WFB's "Up From Liberalism".