[Twotone]

In A Patriot’s History of the U.S. there was a quote from pre-civil war days I’ll have to go find again. An early ‘communalist’ said something to the effect that slaves were better off than the whites working in factories because the slaves didn’t have to make any decisions for themselves. Lefties really believe that people are not able to take care of themselves, so it’s up to them to direct our lives for us.

I’d like to personally direct THEIR lives for awhile!

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

The quote's probably from "Cannibals All!" by George Fitzhugh. It sounds like him. A very odd political thinker, he argued that not only blacks but the vast majority of whites should be slaves, calling slavery "the very best form of socialism."

There's some evidence that he didn't really believe a lot of what he wrote, writing to a friend about one of his other books, "It sells the better because it is odd, eccentric, extravagant, and disorderly."

There's a good essay on Fitzhugh here.