Now a man must be very blind nowadays not to see that there is a
danger of a sort of amateur science or pseudo-science being made the
excuse for every trick of tyranny and interference. Anybody who is not
an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street;
but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down
the chimney or even under the bed. In other words, it is a danger of
turning the policeman into a sort of benevolent burglar. Against this
protests are already being made, and will increasingly be made, if men
retain any instinct of independence or dignity at all.
-What I Saw in America (1922)
2 comments:
So true. I think he has an insight that few people see. It is shocking though how far into the same situation our country has come. In fact maybe more so.
I just hope "protests...will increasingly be made" as well.
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