“Being on the left is, like being on the right, one of the infinite ways that man can choose to be an imbecile: both, in effect, are forms of Moral Hemiplegia*.”~José Ortega y Gasset from his 1930 book La rebelion de las masas [The revolt of the masses], written at the time of the Spanish Civil War* Moral Hemiplegia = paralysis on one side off the body
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
"...one of the infinite ways that man can choose to be an imbecile..."
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"Being on the left, like being on the right, is one of the infinite ways that a man can choose to be an imbecile; both, effectively, are forms of moral hemiplegia [paralysis on one side off the body]. Furthermore, the persistence of these labels contributes more than a little to falsifying still more the present ‘reality’ – already false in itself – because they twist still further the political experiences they respond to, as is evidenced by the fact that today the rightists promise revolutions, and the leftists propose tyrannies.”
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