Politics & Power Quote by Ernst Zundel

The line weaponizes a simple reversal: “conquerors” and “freedom” don’t belong in the same sentence, except as propaganda. The doubled “never, never” isn’t just emphasis; it’s a heckler’s rhythm, designed for the rally and the soundbite. Zundel frames history as a single, repeatable trick: empires sell domination as liberation. “They brought control” lands like a verdict, stripped of dates, names, or nuance. That bluntness is the point. It invites the listener to swap skepticism for certainty, to treat complexity as the con.

As an activist, Zundel is building an interpretive template more than making a claim. Once you accept the template, every military intervention, every regime change, every “peacekeeping” mission becomes pre-labeled. The subtext is populist and conspiratorial: official stories are always cover stories; power is always lying; the public is always being managed. That’s a potent emotional offer because it turns confusion into moral clarity.

Context matters because Zundel’s notoriety sits in a world of political agitation where “anti-imperial” language can be used as a Trojan horse for uglier projects. The quote borrows the moral authority of anti-colonial critique while refusing the accountability that comes with specificity. It’s built to travel: short, absolute, and hard to falsify, because any counterexample can be dismissed as just another mask for “control.”