12-22-2020, 08:47 AM
I am reminded of the famous scene in The Wizard of Oz in which the Wicked Witch of the West tries to set fire to the Scarecrow. I think we all know what follows, but in case we don't know... we think we are in for a long dragged-out struggle. Not quite. I don't do spoilers.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.