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Prof. Rainer Mausfeld | the illusion of democracy

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“But what could make democracy attractive to the powerful, whose very power it limits and threatens? The answer is quite simple: Nothing! For democracy means precisely to restrict the power needs of the powerful and the rich, in which they naturally have no interest. This now results in a tension between the needs of the rulers to stabilize their status and our need to feel socially autonomous and self-determined with regard to our social situation. In history, this fundamental tension has often been discharged in the form of revolutions. From…

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Prof. Rainer Mausfeld | The leading media as well as the mass media are business models

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“The leading media as well as the mass media are business models and serve no more to convey “truth” than the pharmaceutical industry serves to promote public health. Indoctrination is part of the essence of media.” Prof. Rainer Mausfeld | (Interview mit den Nachdenkseiten) “Die Leitmedien ebenso wie die Massenmedien sind Geschäftsmodelle und dienen so wenig der Vermittlung von „Wahrheit“, wie die Pharmaindustrie der Förderung der Volksgesundheit dient. Indoktrination gehört zum Wesenskern von Medien.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Prof. Reiner Mausfeld | A ‘war against X’ decreed from above

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“A ‘war against X’ decreed from above – be it against ‘terror’ or against a pandemic – is never about what is declared to be fought. All that is sold here as a war against a threat must not be successful at all, because its success for the economic and political centers of power lies precisely in not being successful and in remaining as a means of generating fear and securing domination.” Prof. Reiner Mausfeld “Bei einem von oben verordnetem ‚Krieg gegen X‘ – sei es gegen den ‚Terror‘ oder…

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Rainer Mausfeld | More than 50 years of elite democracy have shown us

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“More than 50 years of elite democracy have shown us where this road leads. It is the path of destruction. The destruction of community, the destruction of the idea of community, the destruction of life by the millions, the destruction of cultural and civilizational substance – especially in the Third World – and the destruction of our ecological foundations. The beneficiaries of this destruction have no reason to change this path of destruction. The necessary energy for change can only come from below – from us. That is our task…