2024-11-18
Lord Birkenhead isn't a name that springs readily to mind when discussing the future, but his article in Cosmopolitan in 1929 is the subject of a reminder from Alan Watts.
"That’s how power really is. It doesn’t share itself. It gives you an illusion occasionally of having choices, but in reality all the decisions were made a long time ago with 'your betters.' "
Food for thought for us unworthy plebians.
And an interesting read.
