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Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket
- Eric Hoffer
posted by David Cho @ 9/19/2008
9 comments
Friday, September 19, 2008
- Eric Hoffer
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9 Comments:
That makes me wonder if Eric Hoffer ever believed in a cause.
How did the movement, for example, to abolish slavery become a business?
Beware the man who must put down "causes". He may be too cynical to care about anything important.
I agree that he is overstating this, but what he says has happened a lot.
Former National Review publisher Wick Allison quotes this in his endorsement of Obama. It's an interesting piece indeed, and his case for a thoughtful man who actually reads the federalist papers makes me think having watched a presidency dominated by mindless ideologues.
When he quotes Hoffer, Allison is speaking of the conservative movement whose state he deeply laments. I do too.
I like the quote because it makes me think of the church which started out as a subversive movement and had no intention of being an institution. Now the church and institutionalization are synonymous.
good quote.
"I agree that he is overstating this, but what he says has happened a lot."
He has some very good things to say, but I cannot stand that aphoristic style of writing, where everything has to be reduced to slogans and sayings. I think most things in life are too complicated for that. His stuff comes off as reductionism to me.
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Sorry about scrubbing your comment at wmtc. It's a serious situation here, and my blog is 75% political, and it was just the wrong time for a joke.
I agree. Lots of quotes can be just meaningless soundbites and slogans.
No problem there. Since I don't really keep up with Canadian politics, I guess I was a bit oblivious.
But my point of the joke still stands. More pupdates please :)
Nothing much is happening with the pups, but I suppose I could post some pics. :)
I really like what you said about the Church becoming institutionalized. I see that all too often, in too many ways.
I didn't know you were back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my feelings exactly now that I think about it
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