• Fondots@lemmy.world
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    The Roman Historian Sallust once said “Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master”

    I remember posting that quote on Facebook once probably about 12 years ago. An older guy I worked with at the time chimed in that he was one of the few and how important liberty was to him.

    Few years later he was spewing Trump bullshit.

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      1 year ago

      It’s to be expected for Christians (et al); a vast majority have been taught at a young age that the perfect society is one where a benevolent god makes all the decisions and you just shut up and do as you’re told. It was never The People’s Republic of Heaven; it’s the Kingdom of Heaven.

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        It was never The People’s Republic of Heaven; it’s the Kingdom of Heaven.

        a people’s republic might be worse (ex: prc), make it a republic of heaven

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      True freedom and liberty are outright terrifying to most people, because we’d do a shit job at being in-charge of our own destinies.