Tempus Fugit

Nobody asked but …

Voltaire wrote:

…So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

To which I add, we cede the advantage of time to the tyrant, who works on fascist goals 24/7/365. We must split our time among defending ourselves from tyrants, minding our own business, and usurping the business of others.

— Kilgore Forelle