01-31-2022, 09:28 AM
I can say this: that unless they are so rich that they can buy company that pretends to like what it sees, cranks like Classic X'er end up terribly lonely irrespective of their location or family size. When their economic value decays due to either obsolescence of their skills, decline of underlying abilities, or some physical debility they get no respect. I recognize life as give-and-take, and that sane discourse (especially in politically-charged matters).
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.