“The mass of people are so stupid, so gullible, because they want to be misled. There’s no way to make them not want it. You have to work with the human race as it exists, with all of its flaws. Getting them to see reason is a fool’s errand.”
NEAL STEPHENSON IN “FALL OR, DODGE IN HELL”
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