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August 27, 2007

QotD: The defining myth of patriotism

The notion that our lives lack meaning unless the collective unites us all in service of a higher calling and that mass murder can provide that happy occasion is as old and atavistic as the first cave painting. It's also as natural, human, and evil as all the faults to which flesh is heir.

Gene Healy, "The Force That Gives Us Meaning", Punditry by the Pound, 2007-08-17

Posted by Nicholas at August 27, 2007 08:32 AM
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