I get it that this quote is wrongly attributed to Voltaire. But since there is nothing new under the sun, it seems wrong that it is only a recent saying. Plus, since a lot of people attribute to Strom (who they call a nazi, white supremist, etc.), this comes off as a way to disqualify the truth of the saying. Is there an earlier attribution of the quote, other than Strom?
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[–] LexOrandiLexCredendi 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Reading E Michael Jones' Libido Dominandi, and Voltaire was more of an asshole than I realized. His work has ruined the lives of countless people.
[–] chirogonemd 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
Yeah Jones really dislikes Voltaire. I read Monsters from the Id recently. He also hates the Shelleys.
[–] Blood-is-Nature 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Give 'Degenerate Moderns' a go. In it Jones annihilates Freud from every angle (also Martin Luther, Picasso and yet again Kinsey among others). It's a great addition to Libido Dominadi, because he goes into more detail, like directly quoting the child abuse lines from the Kinsey's Report.
[–] TheSeer ago
Why does WHO said a quote matter so much more than the quote itself?
If Voltaire said it, then it is true, but if a white supremacist said it, then its not true? Either the quote is poignant or it isn't. It was very much true in Revolutionary/Napoleonic France that there were characters behind the scenes, pulling the strings.
Like 'The Grey Eminence'.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Eminence_grise_1873.jpg/1200px-G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Eminence_grise_1873.jpg