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[Matt (formerly ML)]

"Throughout history, no tyrant ever rose to power except on the claim of representing ``the common good.�� Napoleon ``served the common good�� of France. Hitler is ``serving the common good�� of Germany. Horrors which no man would dare consider for his own selfish sake are perpetrated with a clear conscience by ``altruists�� who justify themselves by-the common good."

"Can you imagine something like that appearing in Reader's Digest nowadays? Instead, that publication is full of fluff and feelgoodism for the masses whereas "ideas-oriented" publications are filled with state-endorsed moral codifications and social engineering mantras. Decades of dumbing down the collective peoples has had its effect."

The rest here:
http://www.karendecoster.com/blog/archives/002445.html