It is very difficult, today, not to sympathize with those targeted by the fury of the imbeciles. It is the same feeling inspired by a cowardly action: one instinctively sides with the weaker side. And to see all these public lynchings, all this rabid infamy that tears down reputations and careers overnight, and always insatiable, always looking for the next target, is something that arouses in equal measure disgust and revolt. Who allowed such stupids to have a voice? Even theoretically, the results of Rousseau’s wretched demagogy are all too obvious; but observing them in practice, effective and acclaimed, can only lead to utter misanthropy.