What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? George Orwell.., | the interpretOr

What is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others? George Orwell..,

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March 10, 2014

With the venal bully, Dick Cheney, back in the news, here’s a timeless quote that somewhat nails the son of a…

“…half the world is ruled by secret police forces…The desire for pure power seems to be much more dominant than the desire for wealth…it is no more natural, in the sense of being biologically necessary, than drunkenness or gambling. And if it has reached new levels of lunacy in our own age, as I think it has, then the question becomes: what is the special quality in modern life that makes a major human motive out of the impulse to bully others?”

George Orwell, Tribune, 1946

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