“The responsibility for war falls solely upon the shoulders of these same masses of people, for they have all the necessary means to avert war in their own hands. In part by their apathy, in part by their passivity, and in part actively, these masses of people make possible the catastrophes under which they themselves suffer more than anybody else. To stress this guilt on the part of masses of people, to hold them solely responsible, means to take them seriously. On the other hand, to commiserate masses of people as victims, means to treat them as small, helpless children. The former is the attitude held by genuine freedom-fighters; the latter the attitude held by the power-thirsty politicians.”
-Wilhelm Reich
Quote Number: 227
Source: Reich, Wilhelm. The Mass Psychology of Fascism. Vincent R Carfagno, Translator. The Wilhelm Reich Infant Trust Fund: New York. 1970. Ch 11, Pg 209. Online from the Internet Archive Here.
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