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Hannah Arendt | The real goal of totalitarian ideology

“The real goal of totalitarian ideology is not the transformation of the external conditions of human existence and not the revolutionary reorganization of the social order, but the transformation of human nature itself, which, as it is, constantly opposes the totalitarian process. … What is at stake in total domination is really the essence of man.” Hannah Arendt “Das eigentliche Ziel totalitärer Ideologie ist nicht die Umformung der äußeren Bedingungen menschlicher Existenz und nicht die revolutionäre Neuordnung der gesellschaftlichen Ordnung, sondern die Transformation der menschlichen Natur selbst, die, so wie…

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Karl Kraus | loathing journalism and the intellectual corruption

“I have spent many years loathing journalism and the intellectual corruption that emanates from it with all the strength of my soul.” Karl Kraus (1874 – 1936), österreichischer Schriftsteller, Publizist, Satiriker, Lyriker, Aphoristiker und Dramatiker „Ich habe viele Jahre damit verbracht, den Journalismus und die intellektuelle Korruption, die von ihm ausgeht, mit ganzer Seelenkraft zu verabscheuen.“ Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Nothing is more disgusting than the majority

“Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe „Nichts ist widerwärtiger als die Majorität; denn sie besteht aus wenigen kräftigen Vorgängern, aus Schelmen, die sich akkommodieren, aus Schwachen, die sich assimilieren, und der Masse, die nachtrollt, ohne nur im mindesten zu wissen, was sie will.“ Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Ignazio Silone | If at a future moment fascism will return

“If at a future moment fascism will return, it will not be so stupid as to say: ‘I am fascism.’ It will say: ‘I am antifascism.'” Ignazio Silone “Der neue Faschismus wird nicht sagen: Ich bin der neue Faschismus. Er wird sagen: Ich bin der Antifaschismus.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links This reminded me of what Ignazio Silone said in 1945 soon after he returned to Italy from his Zurich exile: “The Fascism of tomorrow will never say ‘I am Fascism.’ It will say: ‘I am anti-Fascism.'” François Bondy, “European Notebook”,…

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Larken Rose | In truth, the belief in “government” is a religion

“In truth, the belief in “government” is a religion, made up of a set of dogmatic teachings, irrational doctrines which fly in the face of both evidence and logic, and which are methodically memorized and repeated by the faithful. Like other religions, the gospel of “government” describes a superhuman, supernatural entity, above mere mortals, which issues commandments to the peasantry, for whom unquestioning obedience is a moral imperative.” Larken Rose (Der gefährlichste Aberglaube | The Most Dangerous Superstition ) “Der religiöse Glaube an die Autorität zielt deshalb auf die Versklavung…

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David Rockefelle | We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications

“We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years……It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination…

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Upton Sinclair | whereby industrial autocracy keeps its control over political democracy

„Journalism is one of the devices whereby industrial autocracy keeps its control over political democracy; it is the day-by-day, between-elections propaganda, whereby the minds of the people are kept in a state of acquiescence, so that when the crisis of an election comes, they go to the polls and cast their ballots for either one of the two candidates of their exploiters.“ Upton Sinclair „Der Journalismus ist eines der Mittel, durch die eine wirtschaftliche Autokratie die Demokratie kontrolliert; es ist die alltägliche Propaganda zwischen den Wahlen, durch die das Bewusstsein…

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Maximilien de Robespierre | The secret of liberty

“The secret of liberty is to enlighten men, as that of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance.” Maximilien de Robespierre “Das Geheimnis der Freiheit liegt in der Bildung, während das Geheimnis der Tyrannei darin besteht, die Menschen dumm zu halten.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Joost A.M. Meerloo | hammering noises of arguments and propaganda

“The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It may lead to apathy and indifference, the I-don’t-care reaction, or to a more intensified desire to study and to understand. Unfortunately, the first reaction is the more popular one.” Joost A.M. Meerloo “Das ständige Eindringen des hämmernden Lärms von Argumenten und Propaganda in unsere Köpfe kann zu zwei Arten von Reaktionen führen. Sie kann zu Apathie und Gleichgültigkeit führen, zu einer Reaktion des “Ich kümmere mich nicht darum”,…

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Theodore Dalrymple | Political correctness is communist propaganda

“Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is…