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Elias Canetti

“Those most beset by commands are children. It is a miracle that they ever survive the pressure and do not collapse under the burden of the commands laid on them by their parents and teachers. That they in turn, and in equally cruel form, should give identical commands to their children is as natural as mastication or speech.”

Elias Canetti, Crowds and Power
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Crowds and Power Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti
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