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Doc has some great quotes up today:
Benito Mussolini: "Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism as it is a merge of state and corporate power."
Quoted from the book "Nuremberg Diary", by Gustave Gilbert, who interviewed Hermann Goering in prison: "We got around to the subject of war again and I said that, contrary to his attitude, I did not think that the common people are very thankful for leaders who bring them war and destruction."
"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."
"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."
"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." (emphasis mine)
Posted by Eric at 10:05 PM
Flash animation: The Liberation of Afghanistan [via Joi Ito]
Posted by Eric at 08:14 PM
Avantbard: "I'm writing this post from Chris's car, and I just rode a Segway. We were driving down Fairfax at 12:30am and Chris said "Holy shit!" as he pointed out his window at the sidewalk. Yeah, there it was, in all its amazing gyroscopic glory. We slowed down and gawked from across the street as we rolled down the window and gave him our thumbs up and shouted "Right on!". The rider smiled and waved back at us." (read the rest)
[via BoingBoing]
Posted by Eric at 04:40 PM
Sieburg is moving to the Bay Area, and he's flying in this morning. I'm picking him up at the airport in a few hours... Check out what Sherlock had to say about it (the chart in the bottom-right is the coolest):
Posted by Eric at 08:26 AM
"May all beings be happy."
Vipassana meditation.
Shwedagon Pagoda,
Yangon,
Burma
January 3rd, 2003
Latest photos:
-24/3: Skyline Blvd hiking
Howard Rheingold: Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution
Cory Doctorow: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Robert Jordan: Crossroads of Twilight: Book Ten of 'The Wheel of Time'
Charles Dawes: The Path of Spiritual Progress in Theravada
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