It seems to me totalitarianism could be a cause or an effect of the constituency of a society. If we run the population through GZIP we arrive at an effective type count. The redundant could seek out a totalitarian to get a `fix' of hope, and they may become so addicted they will accept any lie to keep it.
-----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ??? Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 3:14 PM To: FriAM <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] hot time in town tonight That's the quote you pulled? I much prefer this one: "She theorizes that drinking is, for what its worth, an instrument of adapting to the harsh reality and sense of worthlessness that would otherwise make one want to curl up and die." >8^D I'll mention that to my Oncologist the next time she gives me a hard time about my drinking. On 9/22/20 2:42 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > "In The Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt argues that totalitarian > rule is truly possible only in countries that are large enough to be able to > afford depopulation." > > https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2014/09/02/dying-russians/ > > I can think of one. -- ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
