tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post2343587881833057056..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: Political illiteracy . . .Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-60133841961197251682012-06-11T11:44:00.970-07:002012-06-11T11:44:00.970-07:00Thanks for posting this. I'm going to put it ...Thanks for posting this. I'm going to put it on my Facebook page.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-81086517215480159752012-06-11T10:34:29.864-07:002012-06-11T10:34:29.864-07:00OK, that post and others have "Der schlechtes...OK, that post and others have "Der schlechteste Analphabet..."<br /><br />But there is also "“Der schlimmste Analphabet..." here:<br /><br />http://www.diedenker.org/inhalte/brecht-zum-politischen-analphabeten/<br /><br />There a reference given is (Bertolt Brecht, Der Politische Analphabet)<br /><br />And it may refer to multinational companies, someone who knows German mightHolly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-19612200888932820412012-06-11T10:10:20.368-07:002012-06-11T10:10:20.368-07:00It's been around since 2006 at least:
http://...It's been around since 2006 at least:<br /><br />http://fontedasvirtudes.blogspot.ca/2006/04/politische-analphabet.htmlHolly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-61581699392770854642012-06-10T20:21:38.245-07:002012-06-10T20:21:38.245-07:00Stalinist line? I suspect it long predates Stalin...Stalinist line? I suspect it long predates Stalin--indeed, I would suggest Aristotle and Plato expressed similar sentiments. That's what an "idiot" is, after all--to the Athenians, an "idiot" was someone so dim and/or uneducated and/or self-absorbed that they took no part in public life, failed to be citizens.<br /><br />But the idea of politics as a pervasive thing thatPurple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-3207552993853005852012-06-10T04:10:24.747-07:002012-06-10T04:10:24.747-07:00This quote seems to have surfaced out of nowhere a...This quote seems to have surfaced out of nowhere and is making the rounds of leftist blogs and Facebook pages. I just checked about twenty, all from within the last six weeks. None of them give cites or links. It doesn't seem to appear on any "Famous Quotes" sites. One blog suggested it was from the thirties, but even if it was later, I have a hard time believing anyone who died Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-2811009341090696552012-06-09T14:00:31.078-07:002012-06-09T14:00:31.078-07:00And that's exactly the way, government leaders...And that's exactly the way, government leaders want citizens to stay. Uninformed and ignorant, of the devious corruption that surrounds them. <br /><br />Why do we suppose they want to monitor the internet? They hate their dastardly deeds, to be posted on the internet, for the entire world to see.Gloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942564753572958672noreply@blogger.com