IF BEHAVIOR THAT IS ADMIRED is the path to power, as quoteth the anonymous Beowulf bard, then I can think of no paragraph more worthy of summing up modern man as that of this from Weininger:
“For the great politician is not only a speculator and millionaire, but also a pop singer; he is not only a great chess player, but also a great actor; he is not only a despot, but also a toady; he not only prostitutes others, but is himself a great prostitute. The politician, the warleader who never ‘lowered himself’ does not exist. After all, his descents are famous; they are his sexual . . . → Read More: The Anarch Sharpens His Sword
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