The totalitarian need for and use of the new idea.
First, after the French Revolution, the idea was Marxism . which led to Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Neocons and so many totalitarians.
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The Danger of an Idea – Just Change the Label to Environmentalism
Freiheit kann nicht ohne Moral errichtet werden, und Moral nicht ohne Glauben.
— Alexis de Tocqueville