1937 · PDF PAGE 5
Scientific Solution of the Problem of Government
DEMONSTRATION. 1. The average voter is a moron. He believes what he reads in newspapers, feeds his imagination and lulls his repressions on the cinemas, and hopes to break away from his slavery by football pools, cross-word prizes, or spotting the winner of the 3.30. He is ignorant as no illiterate peasant is ignorant; he has no power of independent thought. He is the prey of panic. But he has the vote. 2. The men in power can only govern by stampeding him into wars, playing on his fears and prejudices until he acquiesces in repressive legislat…
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