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The Western elite hit upon a liberal system which did indeed produce massive economic and technical growth over the last couple of centuries. This system requi
by B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago
The Western elite hit upon a liberal system which did indeed produce massive economic and technical growth over the last couple of centuries.
This system requires ceaseless indoctrination of the populace - ideological carpet bombing by means of movies, TV, news, music, books, games, toys, whatever - on the supreme value of 'freedom', above and beyond any local cultural norms, or indeed rational evaluation of the benefits. People must just know in their bones that 'dulce et decorum est pro libertas mori', and that whatever came before is now obsolete and irrelevant.
Some people get riled up about that.
- schoen 10y ago> dulce et decorum est pro libertas mori Should be "pro libertate" ("pro" governs the ablative case). Edit: the reason you may not notice the difference in the original is that the ablative of "patria" is "patriā" (just with a long a, which isn't explicitly marked in all texts).
- B1FF_PSUVM 10y agoSincere thanks for explanation, appreciate it. I have "[very] little Latin and no Greek", which is now a common condition among supposedly educated people, but still saddens me.