“Aim of politics is to keep populace alarmed by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary”
H.L. Mencken
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Aim of politics is to keep populace alarmed by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary”
H.L. Mencken
I sometimes think about this one, especially the very last part.
In this case, is Islam really an imaginary hobgoblin? We’ve talked a lot about false flags, staged events, misdirection, and so forth. But from my vantage point, the Islamic invasion of Christendom is no imaginary hobgoblin.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H. L. Mencken”
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Mencken sure got that right, so why do we keep playing this game of politics?