People in free societies don't have to fear the pathology of the state…

Don DeLillo
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People in free societies don't have to fear the pathology of the state. We create our own frenzy, our own mass convulsions, driven by thinking machines that we have no final authority over. The frenzy is barely noticeable most of the time. It's simply how we live. ✨ Don DeLillo (2004). Cosmopolis: A Novel, p.85, Simon and Schuster
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