“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
We all have to read or re-read Hannah Arendt, in view of the current state of affairs in the US.
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Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism Expanded Edition (LOA #389) (Library of America)
Available at Amazon, of course!