• Oyster_Lust@lemmy.world
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    "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence,—it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”

    -George Washington (allegidly) The true author is debatable, but the quote is accurate, none the less.

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      Internet and social media has made general public a part of this “fire” drowning out the voice of the wise and the learned with the cacophony of angry noise.