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Recognizing that elitism exists and affects you is not the same as being elitist. "The great achievement of the Enlightenment had been to show that might is no
by icebraining 8y ago
Recognizing that elitism exists and affects you is not the same as being elitist.
"The great achievement of the Enlightenment had been to show that might is not necessarily right. The mistake they made was to assume that the law of the strong had suddenly evaporated simply because it had been shown to be unjust."
- skummetmaelk 8y agoWhere is this from?
- icebraining 8y agoThe exact wording is from a Wikipedia editor, but it's just a reformulation of the writings of John Bew in his book "Realpolitik: A History", which I recommend. Specifically, he's talking about the ideas of the 19th century German writer and politician Ludwig von Rochau, who originally coined the word "realpolitik".