"Men become small when they come together,"
said Chamfort.
Why, in a democracy, are we free to criticize everything except the people?
It is the sacred entity, the supreme anointing: the masses are untouchable.
However, we must be wary of the people as of those who speak on their behalf.
Frédéric Schiffter is an egotistical thinker:
"My singular nature forbids me to be miscible in the plural."
One cannot at the same time be the author of
Délectations morose
and love the crowds.
Against the people
is not an anti-poor manifesto but an epidermal reaction against demagoguery.
Schiffter in no way despises the populace but he dismantles its exploitation, its use, its diversion.
We make the people say what we want: Hitler, Mao, Jean-Marie Bigard and my taxi driver all claim as much of him.
The plebs are dangerous, uncontrollable, contradictory, they like simple and brutal ideas.
The people never agree with themselves: when the "yellow vests" threatened
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