Stupidity, a Basis for Political Power, Bonhoeffer
Excerpts from essay below. by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. "Upon closer observation, it becomes apparent that every strong upsurge of power in the public sphere, be it of a political or of a religious nature, infects a large part of humankind with stupidity. It would even seem that this is virtually a sociological-psychological law. The power of the one needs the stupidity of the