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.
[–] LexOrandiLexCredendi ago
Just downloaded an audiobook of it and will work toward that. Still only about 100 pages into Libido Dominandi. Also bought Slaughter of Cities and Jewish Revolutionary Spirit, which makes the other two look like pamphlets in comparison.
[–] 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
[–] LexOrandiLexCredendi ago
Yeah... you're reading way too much into that; even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. Obviously no human being outside of Jesus Christ Himself is always right or always wrong.