The woman portraying the voice of the state has nailed the therapeutic inflection and demeanor of our nursemaid/STASI betters. It’s obviously for our own good. Or maybe just the greater good.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”― C. S. Lewis
Speaking before the Irish Senate this week, Pauline O’Reilly (Green Party) Stated: “ We are restricting freedom but we are doing it for the common good.”
So true. It always starts out slowly. The road to hell is truly paved with good intentions.
The woman portraying the voice of the state has nailed the therapeutic inflection and demeanor of our nursemaid/STASI betters. It’s obviously for our own good. Or maybe just the greater good.
It’s definitely for THEIR good.
Yep.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”― C. S. Lewis
A very perceptive fellow. And a good writer too.
Speaking before the Irish Senate this week, Pauline O’Reilly (Green Party) Stated: “ We are restricting freedom but we are doing it for the common good.”
Common good, greater good but not our good.