Can't agree with that. It sounds way too much like Ann Rand type Libertarianism and extremely individualistic. If anything these days, we need more socialism and less greedy, predatory capitalism.
He really enjoyed stirring the pot with remarks like this....IMO not one of his better ones
Pretty typical. Racist and antisemite.
Here's the whole quote with an explanation of the term superior man. I'm obviously a romantic because I want to make government work for everyone.
"Quote by H. L. Mencken: “All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy...”" [goodreads.com]
I would disagree with him on that. And, who is the superior man?
Perhaps he feels HE is.
@TheoryNumber3 DING! DING! DING! You win!
@TheoryNumber3 He wasn't. He was a racist asshole.
@barjoe Don't all racist assholes suffer under the delusion that they think they're superior?