>> the totalitarian state requires: think what is prescribed, do not have faith at all, build your inner life by decree. In other words: here controls are comprehensive, man is enslaved in his every aspect,
The sad part is that you can tell a person who has his head in the sand (of either party) and they’ll say, “Oh poo. None of these things have come to pass.”
I say, “But look at the trend. We’re moving that way.”
And they reply, “But, someone will stop them before they get there.”
In other words, they like the direction we are going, as long as we don’t get there; and if we do, they trust someone in government to rise up and put the brakes on.
That kind of stupid can’t be fixed.
Yes. Like Ilyin said, it is hypnotic.