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AussieFan 168 points ago +168 / -0

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. - C.S. Lewis

Always amazes me the capacity for people to exercise a little petty tyranny over the lives of their neighbours.

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dadoctor 13 points ago +13 / -0

AKA Germany circa early 1930s leads to Germany circa 1939-1945.