Michael D. OBrienSocial pressure is the fascism of the democracies. Fascism is the democracy of the ruthless. Social engineering is the opiate of romantic intellectuals.
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Social pressure is the fascism of the democracies. Fascism is the democracy of the ruthless. Social engineering is the opiate of romantic intellectuals. What is social pressure? It refers to a system of social control in which people are forced to conform to a set of accepted values and attitudes, and where they are required to go along with the crowd.
A fascist regime, on the other hand, is a highly organized authoritarian state based on a centralized autocratic power structure and typically run by a dictatorial leader. A romantic intellectual, on the other hand, is someone who believes that intellectual activity is more important than action, and someone who thinks that social change can be achieved through thought rather than action. This quote speaks about how social pressure can be used to control people.
The author also explains how fascist regimes achieve their goals through force while intellectuals believe that progress can be achieved through philosophy.
Source: Island Of The World
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