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Single Idea 18294

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions]

Full Idea

The state is the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies, too; and this lie creeps from its mouth: 'I, the state, am the people'. It is a lie!

Gist of Idea

The state coldly claims that it is the people, but that is a lie

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 1.12)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.75


A Reaction

This strikes me as just as true even after everyone gets the vote. Rulers can't help gradually forgetting about the people.