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Aldous Huxley | Impersonal forces over which we have almost no control

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“Impersonal forces over which we have almost no control seem to be pushing us all in the direction of the Brave New Worldian nightmare; and this impersonal pushing is being consciously accelerated by representatives of commercial and political organizations who have developed a number of new techniques for manipulating, in the interest of some minority, the thoughts and feelings of the masses.” Aldous Huxley, Preface to A Brave New World “Unpersönliche Kräfte, über die wir fast keine Kontrolle haben, scheinen uns alle in Richtung des Albtraums der Schönen Neuen Welt…

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Jack Posobiec | homogenized consumer class of worker drones

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“You’re going to be a homogenized consumer class of worker drones in order for them to establish Elysium, and this is also where … the metaverse comes in. Transhumanism, this is your bread and circuses now. It’s virtual bread and circuses to distract you from the suffering that goes on all around you.” Jack Posobiec | Eat Bugs, Live In Your Pod, Own Nothing and Be Happy: Wilsonian Thought Has Long Been Shaping Citizens into Serfs “Ihr werdet eine homogenisierte Konsumentenklasse von Arbeitsdrohnen sein, damit sie Elysium errichten können, und…

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Mahatma Gandhi | The state represents violence

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“The state represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The individual has a soul, but as the state is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.” Mahatma Gandhi “Der Staat repräsentiert Gewalt in einer intensivierten und organisierten Form. Das Individuum hat eine Seele, aber der Staat, der eine Maschine ohne Seele ist, kann von Gewalt nicht befreit werden, da er ihm seine Existenz verdankt.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Steve Jacobson | Political and economic power

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“Political and economic power in the United States is concentrated in the hands of a “ruling elite” that controls most of U.S.-based multinational corporations, major communication media, the most influential foundations, major private universities and most public utilities. Founded in 1921, the Council of Foreign Relations is the key link between the large corporations and the federal government. It has been called a “school for statesmen” and “comes close to being an organ of what C. Wright Mills has called the Power Elite – a group of men, similar in…

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Walter Lippmann | The process by which public opinions arise

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“That the manufacture of consent is capable of great refinements no one, I think, denies. The process by which public opinions arise is certainly no less intricate than it has appeared in these pages, and the opportunities for manipulation open to anyone who understands the process are plain enough. . . . as a result of psychological research, coupled with the modern means of communication, the practice of democracy has turned a corner. A revolution is taking place, infinitely more significant than any shifting of economic power. . . ….

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Jacques Ellul | propaganda refines its techniques.

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“It is with knowledge of the human being, his tendencies, his desires, his needs, his psychic mechanisms, his automatisms as well as knowledge of social psychology and analytical psychology that propaganda refines its techniques.” Jacques Ellul (war ein französischer Soziologe und Theologe.) “Mit der Kenntnis des Menschen, seiner Neigungen, seiner Wünsche, seiner Bedürfnisse, seiner psychischen Mechanismen, seiner Automatismen sowie mit der Kenntnis der Sozialpsychologie und der analytischen Psychologie verfeinert die Propaganda ihre Techniken.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Tony Cartalucci | Your Real Government

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“These organizations represent the collective interests of the largest corporations on earth. They not only retain armies of policy wonks and researchers to articulate their agenda and form a consensus internally, but also use their massive accumulation of unwarranted influence in media, industry, and finance to manufacture a self-serving consensus internationally. To believe that this corporate-financier oligarchy would subject their agenda and fate to the whims of the voting masses is naive at best. They have painstakingly ensured that no matter who gets into office, in whatever country, the guns,…

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Jacques Ellul | It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale

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“It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale. The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment. Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.” Jacques Ellul war ein französischer Soziologe und Theologe. “Durch die Massenmedien kann Propaganda auf die gesamte Gesellschaft angewendet werden. Das Zusammenspiel von Presse, Radio und Fernsehen…

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Aldous Huxley | The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of democracy

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“The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of democracy, a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not dream of escape. A system of slavery where, through consumption and entertainment, slaves would love their servitude.” Aldous Huxley (Is doubted and is probably a quote from the „European Graduate School“ see here “Die perfekte Diktatur wird den Anschein einer Demokratie machen, einem Gefängnis ohne Mauern, in dem die Gefangenen nicht einmal davon träumen auszubrechen. Es ist ein System der Sklaverei, bei dem die Sklaven dank Konsum und Unterhaltung ihre Liebe…

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James Dresden | A truth’s initial commotion

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“A truth’s initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed. It wasn’t the world being round that agitated people, but that the world wasn’t flat. When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.” James Dresden (No one seems to know the source of the quote. Dresden James is thought to be Donald James Wheal who was a British television writer, novelist and non-fiction writer.) “Die Anfangserschütterung einer…

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Albert Pike | Fictions are necessary for the people

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“Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance. In fact, what can there be in common between the vile multitude and sublime wisdom? The Truth must be kept secret, and the masses need a teaching proportioned to their imperfect reason” Albert Pike (der ‘Papst der Freimaurerei’ in den 1800er Jahren) “Fiktionen sind für das Volk notwendig, und die Wahrheit wird für diejenigen tödlich, die nicht stark genug sind, sie in ihrer ganzen Brillanz…

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Thomas Sowell | so many successful politicians are such shameless liars

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“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.” Thomas Sowell, amerikanischer Philosoph “Die Tatsache, dass so viele erfolgreiche Politiker solch schamlose Lügner sind, sagt nicht nur etwas über sie aus, sondern auch über uns. Wenn Menschen das Unmögliche wollen, dann werden nur Lügner genügen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Ignazio Silone | You can’t beg your freedom from someone

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“Freedom is not something you get as a present,” said Pietro. “You can live in a dictatorship and be free – on one condition: that you fight the dictatorship. The man who thinks with is own mind and keeps it uncorrupted is free. The man who fights for what he thinks is right is free. But you can live in the most democratic country on earth, and if you’re lazy, obtuse or servile within yourself, you’re not free. Even without any violent coercion, you’re a slave. You can’t beg your…

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Senator William Jenner | path of total dictatorship

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“Today the path of total dictatorship in the United States can be laid by strictly legal means, unseen and unheard by the Congress, the President, or the people. Outwardly we have a Constitutional government. We have operating within our government and political system, another body representing another form of government – a bureaucratic elite.” Senator William Jenner, 1954 “Heute kann der Weg zur totalen Diktatur in den Vereinigten Staaten mit streng legalen Mitteln beschritten werden, unbemerkt und ungehört vom Kongress, dem Präsidenten oder dem Volk. Äußerlich haben wir eine verfassungsmäßige…

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J.F.C. Fuller | into the invisible hands of a plutocracy

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“The government of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power and grasp. It was, I venture to suggest, this semioccult power which….pushed the mass of the American people into the cauldron of World War I.” J.F.C. Fuller (l941 | John Frederick Charles Fuller CB, CBE, DSO war ein britischer Generalmajor, Militärhistoriker und Stratege.) “Die Regierung der westlichen Nationen, ob monarchisch oder republikanisch, war in die unsichtbaren Hände einer Plutokratie übergegangen, mit internationaler Macht und Einflussnahme. Ich wage zu…

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Adam Weishaupt | The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment (illuminati)

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“The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always concealed by another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it, and therefore takes little notice of it. Next to this, the form of a learned or literary society is best suited to our purpose, and had Freemasonry not existed, this cover would have been employed; and it may be much more…

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Noam Chomsky | The general population doesn’t know

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“The general population doesn’t know what’s happening, and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know.” Noam Chomsky “Die Mehrheit der gewöhnlichen Bevölkerung versteht nicht was wirklich geschieht. Und sie versteht noch nicht einmal, dass sie es nicht versteht.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Benjamin Disraeli | The world is governed by very different personages

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“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.” “The world is governed by personalities very different to what people that cannot see further than their eyes, believe” Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), seit 1876 Earl of Beaconsfield, britischer konservativer Staatsmann und Schriftsteller | Quelle: Disraeli, Coningsby, 1844) “Die Welt wird von ganz anderen Personen regiert als diejenigen es sich vorstellen, die nicht hinter den Kulissen stehen.” Variante: “Die Welt wird von Persönlichkeiten regiert, die ganz anders sind als…

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Dave Smith | The State is the Mafia

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“The State is the Mafia pretending to a Human Rights Organization” Dave Smith “Der Staat ist eine Mafia, die sich als Menschenrechtsorganisation ausgibt” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Jürgen Trittin | which attacks are the responsibility of terrorists and which are the responsibility of the state

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“It may be that the history of terrorism needs to be rewritten. It is no longer known which attacks are the responsibility of terrorists and which are the responsibility of the state.” Jürgen Trittin “Möglicherweise muss die Geschichte des Terrorismus neu geschrieben werden. Man weiß nicht mehr welche Anschläge von Terroristen und welche vom Staat zu verantworten sind.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Madonna | What’s the difference between a pop star and a terrorist?

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A joke Madonna tells at the beginning of the film sums up the vain game; “What’s the difference between a pop star and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist.” Madonna (US-amerikanische Sängerin, Autorin, Model, Schauspielerin, Produzentin und Stilikone | I’m Going To Tell You A Secret | 2006, zitiert in: SPIEGEL online, 21. Juni 2006, spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,422543,00.html Ein Witz, den Madonna zu Beginn des Films erzählt, bringt das eitle Spiel auf den Punkt:; “Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Pop-Stars und Terroristen? Mit einem Terroristen kann man verhandeln.” Nützliche…

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Leo Tolstoy | Governments not only are not necessary

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“Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.” Leo Tolstoy (Leo Tolstoi)| Russischen Denker und Schriftsteller “Regierungen sind nicht nur nicht notwendig, sondern schädliche und hochgradig unmoralische Institutionen” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Bertrand Russell | system of deception

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“Educational systems have been developed not to impart genuine knowledge but to make the people docile to the will of the rulers. Without a sophisticated system of deception in schools, it would be impossible to maintain the appearance of democracy. It is not desired that ordinary citizens think for themselves. Because it is believed that people who think for themselves are difficult to handle. Only the elites are supposed to think. The rest are supposed to obey and follow their leaders, like a herd of mutton. This doctrine has corrupted…

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Rudolf Augstein | It does not really matter

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“It does not really matter whether democracy functions according to it’s original idea but rather that it is seen as functional by the population.” Rudolf Augstein (deutscher Journalist, Verleger und Publizist | Gründer des Nachrichtenmagazins “Der Spiegel”) “Es kommt nicht so sehr darauf an, daß die Demokratie nach ihrer ursprünglichen Idee funktioniert, sondern daß sie von der Bevölkerung als funktionierend empfunden wird.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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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…