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Scientific Solution of the Problem of Government

… peasant is ignorant; he has no power of independent thought. He is the prey of panic. But he has the vote. 2. The men in power can only govern by stampeding him into wars, playing on his fears and prejudices until he acquiesces in repressive legislation against his obvious interests, playing on his vanity until he is totally blind to his own misery and serfdom. The alternative method is undisguised dragooning. In brief, we govern by a mixture of lying and bullying. 3. This desperate resort to archaic weapons is the heritage of hypocrisy. The t…