They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers... call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker criticizes systems that regiment human beings as neither new nor ordered.
- In plain terms
- Governments based on strict control are not new and not true order.
- What can you take from it?
- Reject systems that regiment human beings as false order.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is control ever new?
- What is true order?
Another view
It labels opposing systems without detailing their mechanics.
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