Hannah Arendt: The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist,
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but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
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That group probably accounts for a sizeable percentage of the US population, including many who voted for Trump or Hillary
agreed, Arendt's insight is much needed at this time, sadly.
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Great quotation: have a citation? Origins of Totalitarianism? Lying in Politics? Last read Arendt closely 25 yrs ago..
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