In spite of all the learned have said, i still my old opinion keep; the posture that we give the dead, points out the soul's eternal sleep. not so the ancients of these lands— the indian, when from life released, again is seated with his friends, and shares again the joyous feast. his imaged birds, and painted bowl, and venison, for a journey dressed, bespeak the nature of the soul, activity, that knows no rest. why does the speaker disagree with native burial customs?

The speaker disagrees with native burial customs because he thinks that the dead's posture have to point their soul's eternal sleep. He rejects rationalism in favor of mysticism. He thinks that when civilized culture demands burying a corpse in a sleeping position (unlike the indian style whose sitting posture in their graves suggests that their soul actively continues the simple pursuit of their former mortal lives), death is seen as an eternal 'sleep' for the soul.

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

honestly this is the biggest mood ever, i couldn't relate to this more

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