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Those of us who have been born and brought up in democratic countries like England and the USA rightly resent the idea of living under oppressive dictatorship. Yet we tend to overlook the fact that even in such countries the State is itself becoming more and more formidably dictatorial as it becomes more and more centralized. Those of us who value individuality and freedom are coming into inner conflict with it--some of us even into outer conflict.

-- Notebooks Category 11: The Negatives > Chapter 5 : Their Visible and Invisible Harm > # 7