“Keenly intelligent, genial and sympathetic, his nature contained that flavor of obstinacy which borders on fascination, and which is rightly recognised as essential to the missionary.”
Hmmm, “missionary.” In a political sense, better (and more appropriately) known as an “agitator” (as in “Community Agitator” – once known as “rabble rousing”). Lately adopted and honed to a fine modern edge by American Democrats, commonly called “Liberals,” but who could be more accurately described as National Socialist Democrats.
“The popularizer of a new idea requires for his task a certain capacity of dramatic exaggeration.”
“Spin.” It’s called “spin,” but, if we were to be brutally honest, we would acknowledge it to be nothing more than a rather desolate and miserable form of the common lie.
“A certain dramatic opportuneness . . . gave to Henry George the public ear.”
Yup . . . dramatic opportuneness . . . that’s how it’s most commonly done. And, if the “dramatic opportuneness” does not happen of its own accord, National Socialists manufacture it . . . just as they did in the Twenties . . . and the Thirties . . . and the Teens . . . and before . . . and later.
Another “Fascist warning” BEEP!
Well said, dear YHAOS!
Bump.