If I may be allowed to pitch my (familiar) not-quite-omni-cause: I think modern consumerism and “customer is always right” ideology, which have arisen in the post-war world, are genuine sources of pro-authoritarian sentiment.
Edvard Munch, The Sun
the more time goes on the more hardline I become against the "no sexuality for children" stuff. sexuality is, if anything, far greater of a primal force in children's lives than it is in adulthood given that it
* is the reason they exist to begin with
* governs the structure of their family
"Ham-fisted bun-vendor!"
Utilitarianism is just deontology with arithmetic
On this day in 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation creating US Department of Justice. Two primary reasons for DOJ’s creation: protection of formerly enslaved people’s civil rights & to oppose domestic terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
Image: Thomas Nast, “Halt.” Public domain.