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For Discussion: Some Primitive Questions Regarding Tyranny

Since we are talking about extremes, these questions probably can be answered one way or another with no real loss either way. 1. Will a tyrannical future emerge from the way we imagine it, or in a way unexpected? Most of us pick the latter – we know not what we do. The counterargument is

Tyrannical Ambition: On Auden’s "Epitaph On A Tyrant"

Originally composed and published 2005-12-23. Epitaph On A Tyrant W.H. Auden Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy to understand; He knew human folly like the back of his hand, And was greatly interested in armies and fleets; When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,