“A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.”

There has to be an exception to that rule, I just can't think of one. ;-)

Well said.

As it is written:

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

~ Matthew 6:21

Ideological affectations and pretentious altruism aside, what is it that underlies morbid enthusiasm for absolutism, if not extreme narcissism and attendant power lust?