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Mencken on Government...

HLMenckenFan 6 May 3
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Getting an elitist Nietzschean ubermensch vibe.

Rand’s Galt was merely derivative from the same font. I think it was John Gray who said something to the effect Rand’s heroes were supermen who complained about paying taxes.

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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.

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He really enjoyed stirring the pot with remarks like this....IMO not one of his better ones

Pretty typical. Racist and antisemite.

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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]

A very reactionary quote. Sounds like Ayn Rand another hater.

Thanks for linking to the whole quote. IMO, his generalizing tells more about him than about anyone else.

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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?

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