Liberals are short!

I have. I'd probably be one of the first they would shoot.

I'm more thinking in the other direction. Arendt, Foucault and their followers have discredited the state as a long-term political project, as well as the totalitarian projects of the 20th C, but there are still pretty good arguments for totalitarianism.
 
All Americans are taller than average, but the right-wing ones are functionally a head shorter! Still, they need something to put their hats on!
 
I'm more thinking in the other direction. Arendt, Foucault and their followers have discredited the state as a long-term political project, as well as the totalitarian projects of the 20th C, but there are still pretty good arguments for totalitarianism.

I say we just kill all of the Marxists.
 
All this talk reminds me of Lilliput from Gulliver's Travels. They elected their officials based on skill at rope walking iirc. And then I'm reminded of the earlier days of this election cycle where some of the Republican candidates were standing on their toes during a photo to appear taller.
 
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