Tuesday, January 3, 2023

In praise of apathy......................

      Democracy cannot work without a fair level of political and social stability.  This implies a certain level of political apathy.  Anything resembling fanaticism, a domination of the normal internal debate by "activists" is plainly to be deplored.

-Robert Conquest, The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in the Course of History

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