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The French revolution operated on assumptions much closer to those of the vision of the anointed. Where the American revolution deliberately created a government of elaborate checks and balances, to constrain the evils inherent in human beings, the French revolution concentrated vast powers in its leadership, so as to allow those who were presumably wise and benevolent to effect sweeping changes with little hindrance. Condorcet, as an intellectual supporter of the French revolution, could see no reason for the American system of checks and balances, in which society was to be “jostled between opposing powers” or to be held back by the “inertia” of its constitution. Indeed, even after the revolutionaries turned against him and threw him into prison, Condorcet still seemed not to understand the reason for limitations on government power.
The Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell
Those who have subdued their ego understand that it doesn’t degrade you when others treat you poorly; it degrades them.
Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday
Often our beliefs are post hoc constructions designed to justify what we’ve just done, or to support the groups we belong to.
The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
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