The Great Divide project. Saw an ad for the site in The Nation. Old topic, new book.
The following quote I lifted from Jonathan Schell’s piece Letter From Ground Zero The Grand Illusion in the same September 27 issue:
Before they seize power and establish a world according to their doctrines, totalitarian movements conjure up a lying world of consistency which is more adequate to the needs of the human mind than reality itself.
–Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
The question of the morning on C-Span’s Washington Journal a few days ago was whether the guardians of people with dementia should be allowed to cast their votes for them.
Anyone who thinks this election offers a sensible choice or that their vote matters suffers a detectable degree of mental impairment.
The question should have been “Is it wise for a nation of lunatics to possess nuclear weapons?”