The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.

Reigning doctrines are often called a "double standard".The term is misleading.It is more accurate to describe them as a single standard,clear and unmistakable,the standard that Adam Smith called the "vile maxim of the masters of mankind: ...All for ourselves,and nothing for other people." Much has changed since his day,but the vile maxim flourishes.

“See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.”

I have known people who are working class or craftsmen, who happen to be more intellectual than professors.