Bought a stash of neat old books from the thrift store! $1 each! They smell awesome.
“You can live in a dictatorship and be free - on one condition: that you fight the dictatorship. The man who thinks with his own mind and keeps it uncorrupted is free. But you can live in the most democratic country on earth, and if you‘re lazy, obtuse, or servile within yourself, you‘re not free. Even without violent coercion, you‘re a slave.”
#ReadingResolutions | 27: #WineWednesday
📷: Made with Typorama
Dictatorships are based on unanimity… If just one person says NO, the whole thing breaks into pieces.
Freedom is not something you get as a present… You can live in a dictatorship and be free–on one condition: that you fight the dictatorship. The man who thinks with his own mind and keeps it uncorrupted is free. The man who fights for what he thinks is right is free. But you can live in the most democratic country on earth, and if you‘re lazy, obtuse, or servile within yourself, you‘re not free. Even without violent coercion, you‘re a slave.
You‘re right, I‘m not at all like that sort of priest… The biggest difference is probably that they believe in a domesticated God, above the clouds, on a golden throne–a very old man. But I think He‘s a very able young man Who‘s always in circulation.
pickThe guilt-ridden lapsed Italian Catholic and insufferable leftist intellectual at war in me are both obsessed with this book for completely opposite but probably equally unhealthy reasons. And in case anyone was wondering, yes, that is a whole-hearted 5-star recommendation. 🍷🖤🥖
As for style, I think the supreme wisdom in storytelling is to be simple.
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