Millions of American whites prefer a dictatorship

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Millions of American whites prefer a dictatorship
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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.

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.

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

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.

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