If I am not mistaken about the source I remember being shocked at something Mr. Hoffer said during the 1968 presidential campaign. Senator Eugene McCarthy (I was one of his 'get clean for Gene' volunteers at a city not national level) said if he won he would tear down the White House fence for a picnic. I think it was Eric Hoffer who said, 'Eugene McCarthy's followers would tear him limb from limb if he was ever elected.' At the time I was shocked. Decades later listening to a University radio station and an interview with one of McCarthy's national campaign managers he said, 'The campaign was riddled with CIA agents with pockets full of cash.' Being perpetually naive, I thought, 'Huh?' Not to say Eugene was a willing participant in a psy-op but clearly Eric Hoffer knew the score about something going down.
Re: another example of tech company over-reach
If I am not mistaken about the source I remember being shocked at something Mr. Hoffer said during the 1968 presidential campaign.
Senator Eugene McCarthy (I was one of his 'get clean for Gene' volunteers at a city not national level) said if he won he would tear down the
White House fence for a picnic.
I think it was Eric Hoffer who said, 'Eugene McCarthy's followers would tear him limb from limb if he was ever elected.'
At the time I was shocked.
Decades later listening to a University radio station and an interview with one of McCarthy's national campaign managers he said, 'The campaign was riddled with CIA agents with pockets full of cash.'
Being perpetually naive, I thought, 'Huh?'
Not to say Eugene was a willing participant in a psy-op but clearly Eric Hoffer knew the score about something going down.