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> [“fundamentally, people do not prefer independent thought and the accompanying responsibility, but rather orders, subordination, and the accompanying exemption from responsibility. In a popular democracy, the masses who elect unfit rulers are to blame for bad government, but that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshiki-tanaka/fundamentally-people-do-not-prefer-independent-thought-and-the/)

Yoshiki Tanaka

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## More by Yoshiki Tanaka

> [“With one finger, Yang Wen-li was capable of mobilizing a giant fleet of tens of thousands of ships in battlespaces all across the universe.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshiki-tanaka/with-one-finger-yang-wen-li-was-capable-of-mobilizing-a-giant-fleet/)

Yoshiki Tanaka

> [“fundamentally, people do not prefer independent thought and the accompanying responsibility, but rather orders, subordination, and the accompanying exemption from responsibility. In a popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshiki-tanaka/fundamentally-people-do-not-prefer-independent-thought-and-the/)

Yoshiki Tanaka

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