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It was sometimes feebly argued, as the political and militar

It was sometimes feebly argued, as the political and military war against this enemy ran into difficulties, that it was 'a war without end.' I never saw the point of this plaintive objection. The war against superstition and the totalitarian mentality is an endless war. In protean forms, it is fought and refought in every country and every generation. In bin Ladenism we confront again the awful combination of the highly authoritarian personality with the chaotically nihilist and anarchic one. Temporary victories can be registered against this, but not permanent ones. As Bertold Brecht's character says over the corpse of the terrible Arturo Ui, the bitch that bore him is always in heat. But it is in this struggle that we develop the muscles and sinews that enable us to defend civilization, and the moral courage to name it as something worth fighting for.

Christopher Hitchens

War Superstition Totalitarianism Nihilism Islamism Authoritarianism Osama Bin Laden Al Qaeda Bertold Brecht

The real division is not between conservatives and revolutio

The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.

Politics Libertarianism Authoritarianism

TWO AND TWO MAKES FIVE

TWO AND TWO MAKES FIVE

Satire Orwell Authoritarianism Russian Revolution

Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork d

Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked.

Satire Orwell Authoritarianism Russian Revolution