On Mass Movements — Quotes from The Asylum
A new quote by Eric Hoffer from his book, The True Believer
Transcription
Not only does a mass movement depict the present as mean and miserable—it deliberately makes it so. It fashions a pattern of individual existence that is dour, hard, repressive and dull. It decries pleasures and comforts and extols the rigorous life. It views ordinary enjoyment as trivial or even discreditable, and represents the pursuit of personal happiness as immoral.1
— Eric Hoffer, The True Believer
Notes
Hoffer, Eric, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Time Reading Program Special Edition, Time Incorporated, New York, N.Y., 1963. p. 132.
