"What is it about The Captive Mind that falls for ideological solutions?"
The wealthy minority, whose interests conflict with those of the majority, is forced to hide its self-seeking aspirations, to pretend that its economic and political aims are those of society as a whole, and to wrap itself in the toga of non-partisanship and pseudo-social science. The only captive mind is the one that denies ideology.
"What is it about The Captive Mind that falls for ideological solutions?"
The wealthy minority, whose interests conflict with those of the majority, is forced to hide its self-seeking aspirations, to pretend that its economic and political aims are those of society as a whole, and to wrap itself in the toga of non-partisanship and pseudo-social science. The only captive mind is the one that denies ideology.
"[I]t seems all we can hope for is a Benevolent King to emerge"
And a Benevolent Senate, and a Benevolent House of Representatives, and Benevolent Supreme Court, and a Benevolent Armed Forces, etc...
But hey, dreaming is free.
Hi Juan,
In light of recent developments, have you reconsidered your position that Egypt is a model for Syria?