31/05/2025
Jorge Luis Borges
“Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.”
Explanation: Borges delivers a crushing insight into totalitarian regimes. Beyond the physical violence and suppression, the most insidious effect is the erosion of thought. Dictatorships don't just control people—they stupefy them, destroy critical thinking, and breed blind obedience. The damage to intelligence and culture is perhaps the most profound tragedy.