lewisdwilliams on Nostr: “But liberty, as we all know, cannot flour­ish in a country that is permanently on ...

“But liberty, as we all know, cannot flour­ish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near-war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of the central government.”

— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited (1958)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q