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If you look at the history of demagoguery and fascism, it always happens when there are two things. It requires a gentle populace to allow it to happen, whether through laziness, ignorance or ineptitude, but it also requires a very angry, dissatisfied section of the populace who want egregiously simple answers to very complicated problems.

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Moby
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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One of the reasons why fundamentalists are so aggressive in trying to promote fundamentalism is because deep down they know it's arbitrary. If you're comfortable with your belief you don't need to convince other people to agree with you.
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Lord, I want to be up in my heart.
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I'm just fascinated with the world that I can see, but I'm even more fascinated with the world that I can't see.
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