History of the Reformaiton of the Sixteenth Century Vol 5

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In the state in which things were, through the greater part of Europe, during the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, and for some time both before and after that period, the constitution of the church of Rome may be considered as the most formidable combination that ever was formed against the authority and security of civil government, as well as against the liberty, reason, and happiness of mankind. In that constitution, the grossest delusions of superstition were supported in such a manner by the private interests of so great a number of people, as put them out of all danger from any assault of human reason. Had this constitution been attacked by no other enemies but the feeble efforts of human reason, it must have endured for ever… [Adam Smith]

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  • User image   Veeresh
    Total failure of totalitarianism world wide
    12 Feb 2020
    I liked the book. When Germans were invading Russia, the first time its dictator called Russians as brothers and sisters!! That is communism!!
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  • User image   Gary Williams
    16 Feb 2017
    Reminding people their greed comes at the expense of others nor does it magically appear courtesy of the "invisible hand" of the marketplace is hardly "manipulism" (seriously? Is that an Ayn Rand-inspired attempt to manipulate uneducated readers ?) Quite the contrary regardless. A half-century of Cold War propaganda disseminated by the very same military-industrial sector Eisenhower warned us would try to do precisely what they've done, is the deliberate policy of Pentagon and State Dept. hawks who knowingly lied regarding the objectives of socialism so that they can sell us on maintaining a standing army for the first time in US history. This is an effort to avoid stating the truth about how democratic governments are all that stand between a return to the tyranny of the right-wing monarchs, militarists, theocrats, and the class/caste divisions they need to exist for their survival. Elites use mercantalism to employ soldiers willing to murder leftists, scholars and intellectuals for money. It's the intelligent, educated people who promoted the leftward advances mankind has made over the last few centuries. You, otoh, lie by conflating Stalinism with egalitarianism.
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