From Robbery Under Law: "In the sixteenth century human life was disordered and talent stultified by the obsession of theology; today we are plague-sticken by politics."
The parallel is closer than he suggests, for politics is a religion for many of us.
I sometimes wonder if politics is like Mammon, a god who cannot be worshiped just a little bit, but one who eventually takes over all the real estate in your head.
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I sometimes wonder if politics is like Mammon, a god who cannot be worshiped just a little bit, but one who eventually takes over all the real estate in your head.
I think all the gods are jealous gods.
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