It Cannot Be Said Too Often - At Any Rate Is It Not Being Said Often Enough - That Collectivism Is Not Inherently Democratic

It Cannot Be Said Too Often - At Any Rate Is It Not Being Said Often Enough - That Collectivism Is Not Inherently Democratic

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It cannot be said too often - at any rate is it not being said often
enough - that collectivism is not inherently democratic, but, on the
contrary, gives to a tyrannical minority such powers as the Spanish
Inquisition never dreamt of.
-- George Orwell

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Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons.
A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak....
As I have said often enough before, I never repeat myself, and so it almost goes without saying that I won't repeat myself again.
A short speech is often a good speech and certainly has the advantage of being much less able to be a bad speech than a long speech.
A long speech is often a bad speech precisely because it was not a short speech....
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION.
Nobody expects The Spanish Inquisition.
Being in a minority, even a minority of one, does not make one insane.
-- Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984...