In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will. -- Alexander Hamilton(1757-1804) Secretary of the Treasury Source: Federalist Paper 79.
It is maintained that a society is free only when dissenting minorities have room to throw their weight around. As a matter of fact, a dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. -- Eric Hoffer. (1902-1983) American author. Philosopher. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Especially in false moralistic societies, where religious bigotry is on the helm, which is world over, the moral sanctimony is so cruel, it instead breeds evil, which says who is next than humanity or compassion which is embedded in forgiving and while there are no apparent sanctions
for one's short coming, a person will have room to muster enough courage and
call up on humility , which in turn paves a path for virtue to admitting to
ones folly and short coming , since there is no judgement and consequently one does not have fear about being shamed or
face abuse from others but a possibility to become a better human
on one's own accord. When a society in its wisdom fails... individual turn away inwardly fearing their own inadequacies known to the world that would invite abuse and judgement. So people by and large wear masks of false niceties, while fearing for their lives , conspiring against their own kind, with out any real faith what so ever, with a religious affiliation or with out. __ Brian Williams.
Bakunin has sometimes been called the first theorist of the "new class", meaning that a 'class' of intellectuals and bureaucrats running the state in the name of the people or the proletariat – but in reality in their own interests alone. Bakunin argued that the "State has always been the patrimony of some privileged class: a priestly class, an aristocratic class, a bourgeois class. And finally, when all the other classes have exhausted themselves, .... the State then becomes the patrimony of the bureaucratic class and then falls—or if you will, rises—to the position of a machine.
Between you and me You and I know the truth..... But I have my people behind me. ---Mr. Anonymous. * * * * *
I also took advantage of the fact that I was widely admired in my and their community, which disabled them from sharing their story and brought hardship to them when they tried because people who look up to me didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t think that I was doing any of that because my position allowed me not to think about it. ---Louis C.K.