"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Political Society vs. Civil Society
"Sadly, electoral politics have eaten up far more of life than they are worth. Everything—religion, culture, sports, conservation, etiquette—is seen purely in terms of its political value."
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The title "Political Society v. Civil Society" is interesting to disect, because it conveys as little as "blue vs. azure."
The Polis, (with it's POLITics) = city-State = CIVI-lization.
The words "civil" and "civilized" are merely self-congratulatory words used by agricultural city-Statists.
Brutal POLITics is how the megaPOLIS' "CIVI-lized" city-slickers roll.