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Ruled by the dead

2013-10-15 20:46:34.151945+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Relevant to an entry at Larry's blog about suppression of creativity, I read Ask MeFi: Who said "culture is the rulership of the dead over the living"? and saw this from G.K. Chesterton.

All democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death.

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