quote of the day.

"tyranny is a threat that loom over all societies, preventable only by the active vigilance of the people. the statist in america is no less resolute than his european counterpart but, by necessity, he is more cunning- where the european lurches and leaps, the american's steps are measured but steady. in america, the statist understands that his counterrevolution must at least appear gradual and not revolutionary- sometimes even clothed in the flag and patriotism- lest his intentions become too obvious and thus alarming to his skeptics...the statist must also rely on legions of academics to serve as his missionaries. after a short period of training and observation, academics receive a sinecure- a personal stake in the state via lifetime employment through a system of tenure. the classroom is turned into a propaganda mill, rather than a place for education, to shape the beliefs and attitudes of successive generations of malcontents and incubate the revolution against the civil society. academics help identify the enemies of the state, whom their students learn to distrust or even detest through distortion and repetition- corporations as polluters, the founding fathers as slave owners, the military as imperialist, etc."

-mark levin, liberty and tyranny: a conservative manifesto