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Bluemoo25 t1_jaack2j wrote

Reply to comment by NoMoassNeverWas in Elon Musk Regains His Spot as the World’s Richest Person || The Tesla CEO has benefitted from a 100% rally in the electric carmaker’s stock by DangerStranger138

Here's a quote from Churchill about dictators that definitely applies in more situations than that of a dictator:

A modern dictator with the resources of science at his disposal can easily lead the public on day-to-day destroying all persistency of thought and aim so that memories blurred by the multiplicities of daily news and judgement are baffled by it's perversion.

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ChampionshipLow8541 t1_jac9p2y wrote

I can think of quite a few people who must have taken that to heart.

Sometimes, it would be better if smart people didn’t utter their epiphanies - so as to not lead lesser men to act upon them.

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