“The main problem with any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go…”
Sunday, October 23rd, 2016“The main problem with any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage and whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back to the office and sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece. Probably the rarest form of life in American politics is the man who can turn on a crowd and still keep his head straight—assuming it was straight in the first place.”
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Hunter S. Thompson,
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72
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