The powers in charge keep us in a perpetual state of fear keep us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant sums demanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

Summary

This quote suggests that those in power manipulate and exploit the public's fears to maintain control and manipulate their allegiance. By creating a constant sense of national emergency, they coerce the population into unquestioning loyalty by demanding significant resources. However, looking back, these supposed threats appear to have been exaggerated or even fabricated, calling into question the authenticity of these disasters that were used to incite excessive patriotism and obedience.

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