The BIG LIE

As I was researching today for my thesis in the Croatian Fraternal Union's "Zajednicar" weekly newspaper from 1951, I came across an article named, "The Big Lie." In it, the CFU-as was common practice at the time-attempted to denounce Communism. The editor included a quote by GE Chairman Philip Reed on how the general public could be sold the "Big Lie" of Communism. I thought it was interesting that you could just as well use the "Big Lie" concept for modern day statism and positive law, rather than Communism. Keep in mind the "big lie" of statism when reading the quote and think of how well it matches with the ignorance of the masses:

"Tell a Big Lie to millions of people, tell it over and over without bothering about facts or logic, without regard to how preposterous or ridiculous or vicious it sounds at first, and pretty soon it acquires status of fact with those unhappy people who are not in a position to check the facts. Pretty soon even the injured and slandered parties, who know better, are panicked into fighting The Big Lie or negotiating over it, just as if it were the truth. Actually, this is the old concept that the end justifies the means, no matter how immoral the means may be."

Spot on. Spot on.